Mulled pear cider

I have far too many cookbooks. There are some I barely ever use, even though from time to time I grab one of them and flip through it, hoping that one I day I find a recipe I want to try. Some books scare me because of their age, being particular and most importantly - …

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Homemade ginger tea

It starts to be this time of year when I get a cold more often. The air gets colder, people start to sneeze around you and before I notice I feel under the weather. I've only learnt how to make ginger tea when I came to Ireland. One of the girls that I shared an apartment …

Cloudy lemonade

When you watch American movies you get see scenes from hot summer afternoon when kids from neighbourhood are selling lemonade. Well, I'm Polish and I could learn how to make kompot if I only wanted (but I didn't wanted at this time), but citrus fruits were quite hard to get. So only  a few years ago …

Rhubarb kompot – fruity drink

  The summer is still here. I'm in seventh heaven. I feel like all my prayers were listened. We have friends over and we eat and drink al fresco. I decide to try old Polish classic. It's not a rocket science, it's actually very simple, however I don't think I've ever prepared it myself. Mum …

Mulled beer

There is so much going on right now, but on the other hand, nothing really changed. It is somewhere between autumn and winter, days are shorter, but the Christmas lights are on. It's dark and cold so I started to have more excuses to stay at home and eat something nice and comforting instead of …