Emptied the pot in one go (Ilze Atardo)
Do Italians like cold soup? Ilze shares her experience and what the locals thought about it…
Piparkūku camps in Italy (Ilze Atardo)
For Ilze, piparkūkas has always been a part of Christmas. Now, living in Italy, she organizes piparkūku camps that bring together other Latvians living in Italy, as well as participants from Luxembourg and Germany. For three days they bake, cook food, eat, dance, sing, and simply enjoy being together. In 2023, Ilze received the “Zelta pūka” award for her piparkūka camp.
Are you going to send me to mushroom school? (Austra Muižniece)
Austra Muižniece has seen mushrooms in the forest in the Lazio region outside Rome. Her inner Latvian recoils: it turns out she needs to undergo a 12 hour course in mushrooming to be allowed to pick them!
Italians have the wrong type of cucumbers! (Austra Muižniece)
Austra Muižniece tells where in Italy one can find the “right” cucumbers for pickling, and about her hunt for dill in Rome.
A nonstop karbonade (pork schnitzel) marathon (Austra Muižniece)
Austra Muižniece, who lives in Rome, talks about Latvian potatoes and airport security checks, about her comfort foods, and about what she always carries in her bag when returning to Italy from Latvia.