Latvian food

This traditional Latvian dessert is so airy and light, you'd never guess the key ingredient is stodgy cream of wheat cereal.

Latvians, our southern neighbours, celebrate the 92nd anniversary of an independent Latvian Republic today. I thought it's a great opportunity to blog about one of the best-know Latvian dishes (at least here in Estonia) - a pork stroganoff that gets its name from historical Courland region. While boeuf stroganoff is a dark beef stew, then Kurzeme stroganoff is pale (colour-wise, not taste-wise) and just as delicious, if not as sophisticated. Excellent autumn and winter dish that's best…

This Latvian recipe came up frequently when looking up Latvian food. It's actually delicious on its own, but also quite good on po...

Latvian Piragi - Bacon Buns

Latvian food

I served this stew to my book club during the monthly dinner we hold in conjunction with our book selection. We try to prepare food that has a connection to the book, and in this case, it was Amor Towles, "A Gentleman In Moscow." It's a book that I've read twice now, and could read it again and again, for its witty, elegant style and its urbane central character, a Russian count who is confined by the Bolsheviks in Moscow's famed Metropol Hotel, and is relegated to a tiny garret from his…

Eastern European core, Latvian food, at grandma’s house.

Latvian dill potatoes are perfect to enjoy with the pork cutlets or would be lovely as a side for just about anything. You use small potatoes like Yukon golds or red or white new potatoes

A few years ago Saveur, the American food magazine, featured some Latvian recipes (Latvians, remember, are our Southern neighbours). Among them was a recipe for beet and bean salad, Pupiņu un Biešu Salāti, that caught my attention. I love beetroot, and cook and eat various beetroot salads quite frequently. Some of my favourite beet salad recipes have been featured here on Nami-Nami as well over the last 9+ years, like the Russian vinaigrette salad, beet and potato salad, layered vegetable…

Get to know the best and most unique Latvian food, drink, and desserts to try at home or on your future trips to Latvia.