Let me share a good story: the first time I tried to make roasted chicken with mushrooms and wine sauce, it was a Sunday, and I ended up with a “free-range” chicken, the kind with tougher, older...
The first time I tried making bean stew with sausages, I forgot to add enough water, and it stuck to the bottom of the pot. After washing the pot for half an hour, I thought to myself, that's it, I...
I started making stuffed peppers yesterday afternoon on a whim because I had some peppers in the fridge that were starting to wrinkle at the edges, and I had already taken the ground meat out the...
I still remember the first time I got onion in my eyes while making this dish. It was pretty late, I was starving, and I didn’t feel like doing anything but throwing something on the stove....
The first time I tried making this moussaka, it was on a day when I wanted to use up everything I had in the fridge, almost without any rules. You know how it is when you have some ground pork, a few...
I woke up one day with a crazy craving for stuffed mushrooms, but not the kind you find pre-made in stores; I wanted to make them myself, homemade style, with all the fixings. The problem was that at...
The first time I made this combination was out of a lack of inspiration and a sudden craving when I was staring into the fridge and couldn’t find anything to break the monotony of plain boiled...
The first time I tried making meatballs on a bed of vegetables, I forgot them on the stove while sautéing and ended up with half of the vegetables looking a bit brown at the bottom of the pan. No...
I experienced this on a Wednesday when I decided to make something "healthy" with zucchini, but still with meat, because that's how we do it—no meal goes without meat. The first time I scooped out...
Delicious Recipe: Cabbage a la Cluj You might be wondering what could be more satisfying than a warm serving of cabbage a la Cluj. This traditional dish is not only an explosion of flavors but also...