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The OFFICIAL Non-Breadmaker Version Of My Mom’s Pīrāgi (Latvian Bacon Buns)

January 8, 2019 by Suzie the Foodie 8 Comments

Way back in 2018 I did a breadmaker version of my mom’s Latvian bacon buns. I divided the recipe in half and they turned out great. Being back home in Toronto in my sister’s kitchen spending time with family and friends, I just knew I had to make them again and make them like mom […]

My First Attempt at Latvian Ķimeņmaizītes – Caraway Buns

April 12, 2017 by Suzie the Foodie 16 Comments

For years I have been searching for ANY recipe that resembles the Latvian caraway buns my grandmother used to pick up at a Latvian bakery and bring over to our house when I was a kid. I had pretty much given up when I came across this recipe for Ķimeņmaizītes. I could not believe it. […]

Latvian Best Bean Soup

January 30, 2015 by Suzie the Foodie 8 Comments

Click here for printer-friendly recipe January 30th is my mom’s birthday. I have been wanting to honour her so much with a dish she would be proud of and found a recipe for Best Bean Soup in the Latvian Cooking cookbook she sent me years ago, right after I started this foodie journey. This recipe is […]

Traditional Latvian Pork Roast Dinner

June 7, 2013 by Suzie the Foodie 2 Comments

My mother’s side of the family is Latvian and we invited Auntie Laima to come over for a pork roast dinner. She was going to bring dessert and sauerkraut and I was going to make the rest. Mom told me to season the two pork shoulders liberally with onion and garlic salt before I came […]

My Breadmaker Version of My Mom’s Pīrāgi (Latvian Bacon Buns)

December 22, 2010 by Suzie the Foodie 56 Comments

Absolutely nothing in our family home was coveted more than piragi, Latvian bacon buns. My mom rarely baked yet every now and then, especially near the holidays, something magical would happen. Mom would bake these sweet fabulous bacon buns that would remind her of home in Latvia. They now remind me of home in Toronto […]

Christmas Food

December 11, 2009 by Suzie the Foodie 15 Comments

It is that festive time of year where we get to go out to a decadent Christmas party here and there. A break in the kitchen, beautiful food, fantastic people, sparkling lights and pretty clothes. Last night’s Christmas party held for my husband’s work got me thinking and asking myself, what is Christmas food? Yes, […]

Latvian Thanksgiving

October 12, 2009 by Suzie the Foodie 8 Comments

It is hard for me to believe that just over a week ago I was in Toronto having a Latvian brunch with my mom at The Latvian Centre in Toronto. It was the first of the fall season and is something I have wanted to do for a long, long time. When my mom suggested […]

Latvian Hazelnut Torte

June 11, 2009 by Suzie the Foodie 15 Comments

Mom and I explored a lot of Latvian cuisine while she was visiting and we were determined to tackle one of the fancy Latvian desserts from the Latvian Cooking cookbook my mom bought for me at the Latvian Canadian Centre. I have a great love for hazelnuts and was thrilled to find out that they […]