Ivan

A little story about my encounter with Veliko Tarnovo's well-known historian, Ivan Panaiotov. My grandparents (from my mother’s side) were widely recognized individuals in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria. It's also a city where you walk on the main street and everyone knows everyone - where they’ve been, what they work, whose guests are visiting from overseas…

Lubakery

An interview with Lyubka Atanasova, one of Bulgaria's most sought after cake and pastry artisans. A love affair with creativity. There is a musical rhythm in the way she pipes her silky creams and meringues, the way she swivels and smoothes the finishing touches to her minimalist cakes. Lyubka Atanasova is an artisan of cakes…

Breakfast

Most of the time, my favourite meal of the day is breakfast and I hope it never changes. I have said this before but sometimes I go to bed planning what breakfast will be! It's a delicious and refreshing wake up call to begin your day, whether its the smell of freshly brewed coffee, the…

A simple life in the Balkan countryside

Bulgarian folk music It’s always nice to return to Bulgaria, revisit old memories, memories of summers spent with grandparents and cousins. And every time you feel nothing has changed, time has stopped, the same buildings still stand, the same streets are as ancient as once before… with some of those people from my childhood fragments…

A new beginning

Welcome everyone to my first official blog post! I always had this idea of starting up a blog about all my travelling, lifestyle, and food, in the back of my mind but never was really serious about it. I did create a Tumblr page in middle school, where I began posting recipes of small sweets…

Blue Easter Eggs ’19

I celebrated not one but two easter holidays this year! Nights of mixing easter breads, proofing, patience, kneading the dough, proofing, kneading again, eyes on the clock (to make sure they wouldn't burn).... and waiting a bit more to take the first bite. Thankfully I decided to practice my dough skills a second time for…

A Cake to Welcome Autumn

It was one foggy weekend where all was mist and wet, glistening grass. The start to this fall has been full these kind of days, yet I am always enchanted by how mystical the fog makes everything appear. I get so excited to just go outside and capture something in the midst of my lens,…

Obrigado Porto! (Part 1)

  Yes I know, it's been a while since I last was here on this platform but now I'm back and with new things to share with you! New stories to dive you into with my break from reality. Last month I travelled to Portugal, a country I kind of left in the back of…

Workshop in Bordeaux

I have been meaning to post about the food+ photography workshop I attended past September, and here it is, finally came around! Firstly, last summer I visited and revisited quite a few wonderful places, met some new faces, and created a beautiful imprint on my life I will never forget. I will start backwards, beginning…

An apple cake and a foggy road

Second blog post, here we go! I have been feeling quite inspired and motivated lately, baking away almost every weekend. Perhaps its the sign of those colder days and my way of warming up is staying home, putting on my apron, a sip of hot, steaming tea and let the baking begin! Not too long…