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French Kremesh (Francúzsky Krémeš)
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kremes-napoleon-pastryKremes is a puff pastry desert popular in Slovak and Czech pastry shops. It's two layers of puff pastry with custard and whipped cream layers in be...
Baked Chicken (Pečené Kura)
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chicken-paprikaQuick and easy 10 minute recipe for baked chicken.
Easter Picnic
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picnic1Photos from a Easter picnic held at Black Hills Regional Park, MD. The food was delicious and we got a hands demonstration in decorating Easter egg...
Easy Strudel (Jednoduchá Štrúdla)
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apple-strudelStep by step recipe for making apple strudel. All you need is frozen puff pastry dough, apples, sugar, cinnamon, and some butter and you got yourse...
Easter in Slovakia: Easter eggs and b...
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polievackaEaster in Slovakia is celebrated by guys chasing girls around with colorful whips made of willow branches and also pouring buckets of cold water on...
Chicken on Mushrooms (Kura na Šampiňó...
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mushroom-chickenRecipe for a very easy chicken dish: chicken in mushroom sauce with a side of noodles and a vegetable garnish. Try it today.
Kettle Goulash (Kotlíkový Guláš)
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goulashRecipe for classic kettle goulash popular at Slovak picnics. Ingredients include cubed beef, potatoes, onions, marjoram, garlic, and plenty of papr...
Kolache (Koláče)
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kolacheRecipe for kolache, circular sweet breads filled with poppy seed, walnut, cheese or plum jam filling.
Backpacking and tasting our way throu...
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route_snpOur plan to backpack through Slovakia and sample local tastes along the way on the Route of heroes SNP (Cesta Hrdinov SNP)
Open Face Sandwiches (Obložené Chlebí...
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oblozene_chlebickyQuite a common breakfast or dinner in Slovakia are open face sandwiches, pieces of white bread topped with ham, salami, cheese, hard boiled egg, an...