by Auntie Bulgaria | Mar 23, 2017 | Bulgarian life, Food & recipes, Gardening bore
You know what marks the official start of spring for us? Is it the first spring flowers? No. Is it the first sighting of a stork? Nope. Working outside in a t-shirt? Blossoms on the fruit trees? The Game of Thrones trailer being released? No. Non. Ne. For us, spring...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Jan 16, 2017 | Food & recipes
Yes, it’s snowing again here in Bulgaria, and we’ve reached that point where the snow is no longer pretty white fluffy stuff, but big clumps of brown icy shite. But, let’s ignore that for now and focus on a happier topic: food. Over the years, I’ve had a few...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Nov 22, 2016 | Bulgarian life, Food & recipes
There are about 37 other bottles lined up in our hallway waiting for shelving space. It’s a sight to warm the cockles. I’ve been remiss in updating you all on the cider progress. Bad Auntie Bulgaria. Bad. We finally got around to bottling the cider around...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Oct 4, 2016 | Bulgarian life, Food & recipes, Gardening bore
Isn’t autumn the best? I love the change in temperature, clothes and food. I get strangely excited by getting out my favourite jumpers, wearing woolly hats again, the first lighting of the woodburner, harvesting squash, making toad-in-the-hole. It’s like living in a...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Aug 8, 2016 | Food & recipes, Gardening bore
When I was a student, I read a play called Blue Kettle. I don’t remember much about it except the words ‘blue’ and ‘kettle’ began to randomly replace other words in the dialogue until, by the end of the play, ‘blue’ and ‘kettle’ were the only words left. Literally...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Sep 10, 2013 | Food & recipes
Our neighbours are our surrogate Bulgarian parents. We love them, they make a big old fuss of us, and we have coffee with them most mornings. Trouble is, they are such feeders. If I should dare turn down a second slice of cake or pie, Svilen shouts at me and...
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