PipArkūkas & Pīrāgi

DECEMBER 2025

Piparkūkas in Romania (Laura Sarkane)

Sibiu, Romania

Laura: My husband, while learning Latvian, tried to say speķa pīrāgi (bacon buns), but it just wouldn’t come out right, and the best he managed in the end was — piranhas.

DECEMBER Stories

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Piparkūkas in Romania (Laura Sarkane)
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Crystallised ginger piparkūkas (Maija Liiv)
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Latvian School of Chicago piparkūku working bee
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Now I can give my recipe to everyone! (Dzidra Ādamsone)
Bergenā, Norvēģijā 2025
Pīrāgi making outside Latvia: photographs from the collection of the museum “Latvians Abroad”
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One recipe in three versions (Ilma Wilkinson)
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We send pīrāgi by mail! (Dace Gulbe un Inta Grunde)
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Pīrāgi is a comforting food for me (Māra Goldsmith)
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It's not Christmas without pīrāgi (Anda Cook)
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It smells of braised sauerkraut! (Juris Sinka)
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The decorating process takes seven hours (Anita Kupcis-Clifford)
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Grandma's pīrāgi in Rome (Austra Muižniece)
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My family pīrāgi recipe - with commentary (Aivars Sinka)
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Communal baking in Shanghai (Ilma Wilkinson)
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I remember mountains of piparkūkas! (Māra Goldsmith)
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I wouldn't offer these to pīrāgi purists! (Maija Hinkle)
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Pīrāgi as the feeling of home (Līva Ozola)
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A Mindful Pīrāgi Making Adventure (Dace Dambergs)
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There must be 12 different dishes on the Christmas table! (Inga Čulkstēna)
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Pīrāgi baking workshop (Brisbane Latvian Community)
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Even the cat smells like cabbage... (Irene Kreilis)
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Pīrāgu recipe trials and errors (Amanda Whittaker-Lee)
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The secret ingredient is faith (Inga Lucāns)
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Piparkūku camps in Italy (Ilze Atardo)
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