An Estonian Hack of America’s Favorite Cookie
If the hamburger embodies the quintessential All-American Taste, then only the chocolate chip cookie can answer the cravings of the All-American Sweet Tooth. Like the…
Tallinn’s Lucky Clover Cafe
When Ristikheina Kohvik (Clover Café) opened for business four years ago in neighboring Pelgulinn, it reminded me of Kalamaja’s Boheem back when it first got…
Küps! Hitting the Tallinn Trifecta!
During my regular “buyer’s walk” at BJT (Balti Jaama Turg), I hit the trifecta with Küps. In other words, all my favorite horses won their…
Tallinn’s Tastiest Pastry
Tallinn’s tastiest pastry – the “Savory Little Basket” (soolane korvike) – really needs a better name. Even the staff at Røst – Tallinn’s finest bakery…
Tallinn’s Glorious Sourdough Reformation
There’s always something in the air. And that something almost always includes a few spores of wild yeast. These days, some of those activist spores…
The Quest for Tallinn’s Perfect Cinnamon Bun
Don’t cinnamon buns remind you of miniature labyrinths? After all, they have those long and looping outer layers covered with tantalizing hints which will eventually…
Kalamaja’s Secret Bakeries
OK. So, they aren’t really secret bakeries if I’m telling you about them – and if someone else told me about them before that. They’re…
Tallinn’s Rotermann Quarter
The. Next. Big. Thing. For the last dozen or so years, Rotermann has been marketed as The. Next. Big. Thing. Rotermann was supposed to become…
Dreaming of Orissaare Leib
Even here in Tallinn – almost 20 years after it last vanished from the shores of Estonia forever, I still dream of Orissaare leib. In case…
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