That Kalamaja Air
Outside my bedroom window, I can watch a new building going up. Well, technically it’s in the process of going down as they’re still working…
Miniature Pancakes Arrive in Estonia!
Ah, pancakes! Those wonderful pan-fried treats! What could be simpler than frying up a nice round batter cake made from flour, eggs, and milk? Three…
Tallinn’s Best Burger
Grillburger. There. I said it. Without beating around the bush. Or plotting an indirect course by going off on multiple tangents. Or heading on a…
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…
Kalamaja’s First Coloring Book
A few years ago, adult coloring books suddenly became a thing back in the United States. I remember spotting my first grown-ups with their elaborate…
Estonian Peanut Butter?!?
Who’d a thunk it? OK. So, maybe it really was almost hot enough this Estonian summer that you might have been able to grow peanuts…
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…
Over [the] Moon in Kalamaja?
Ah, what a difference a definite article can make! “Over the Moon” once described my delight each time I visited my beloved Moon Kohvik (Poppy…
Tallinn’s Gotsu’s Got It!
Although you might be tempted to ignore this small Korean restaurant half-hidden in the basement of a gray Soviet-era building based only on its surface…
The Best is Still to Come … Five Estonian Burgers to Watch
While I’m still searching for that perfect Estonian burger which tastes like I might have grilled it in my own backyard, I’ve come across some…
Fulfilling Tallinn’s Pizza Plan
While it may be hard for some to be believe, there once was a time – not all that long ago – when pizza simply…
Turns Out that Tallinn’s Best All American Breakfast is All Estonian
Every once in a while, I get a real hankering for an All-American Breakfast complete with fried eggs, bacon, and potatoes. While I’ve tested quite…
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