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Bucharest Pride was absolutely amazing today! Tens of thousands showed up for a massive march despite the heat, a stand against nationalist fascism, a bullet Romanians managed to dodged not even two weeks ago. So many also chanted against genocide, I had tears in my eyes 🥲🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈

I've been craving it for a few days, today I got around to making it: creamy rice pudding with cardamom, lime zest and rose water, foraged wild cherries in light syrup, and seasonal flowers (honeysuckle, mallow, linden and cornflower).

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Your whole setup rocks! And that pizza looks amazing 🤤

For some doing a nice plating just for yourself is loosing time, but that’s now part of my daily routine (almost). I treat my time in kitchen as a break from work & my usual worries & just create with no purpose other than to treat myself like I deserve a fine dining meal. Is it pretentious? 🫣

Those balls are quite big, close to arancini size, so for me three were enough. Also, I had dessert too :))

Another rainy day, half spent proofreading, then an hour of decompressing in the kitchen:

Millet and wild mushrooms croquettes w/ melted cheese core, grated parmesan, Oxalis and wild sage flowers and root puree of parsnip, carrot and celeriac.

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I love wild food. I love the idea of knowing what and how to safely forage from nature. I enjoy learning what to do with it, how it was used in the past, and experimenting with it in a modern kitchen. Here's four wild foods from tonight's walk: dryad's saddle, wood ears, mulberries and cherries.

Thank you! ☺️

Mallow leaves stuffed with wild mushrooms (Cerioporus & Pleurotus), green onion, green garlic and millet, served with pink semolina porridge made with kefir and beetroot puree. Mallow flowers, wild thyme and dill-infused oil as garnish.

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Wandering in the rain. No people, but a lot of activity.

We went to sleep late last night after an evening of frantic refreshing the news pages for elections’ final result, and we’ve been sleepy all day, so I took my dog to the park to just lay in the grass. Mock strawberry 🍓 as a bonus, it looks so yummy but tastes like cardboard.

Romania just dodged a very close bullet and in a spectacular turnaround voted massively for the pro-European candidate over the sinister Trumpist one. People are now celebrating in the streets and I can finally go to sleep after two weeks of anxiety… 🎉🇪🇺

It’s your screen, you can do anything! But make sure you sanitize it first :))

Woke up at 7am to go vote and kept myself busy the rest of the day to not succumb to the general anxiety about the outcome of this election 🤞

Squash soup with leek, ginger and safflower, caramelized oyster mushrooms, wild garlic infused evo, squash seeds and violets.

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The forest is full of hawthorn in bloom and I felt invited to pick some for tea, which is excellent for reducing stress and anxiety. I have a feeling I'll need it, especially this weekend, when Romania has presidential elections 🤞

Thank you! 🙏

Their season is just starting, hopefully this year you'll find it 🤞 Just look for a golden yellow flash of color, hard to confuse it with other species.

Chicken of the woods spiced curry (that's a mushroom not an actual bird 😅), roasted cauliflower, basmati rice, parsley, wild sage flowers.

🍄 Laetiporus sulphureus.

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We had a big scare with my friend's dog who had a vestibular syndrome attack on Sunday night, but after an MRI and 3 days of hospitalization he is now better and finally back with us and I'm so grateful 🥲

Okra is part of my Balkan heritage. I used to hate them but I also want to embrace the idea of old foods, so I kept trying them sparsely until I found I kinda love them roasted. Worth a try :))

Every time I cook okra (not often), I remember a bit from a fic where Beatrice hated okra and it always makes me chuckle.

Bean, onion & kapia pepper mash, topped with salsa verde, roasted okra and wild oyster mushrooms and wild garlic ”capers”.

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Rainy morning out in nature. We got soaked, but it was worth it.

Yesterday I finished a job that took months. W/out that stress, I suddenly feel like in vacation. And after a shitty week, today I took time w/ my lunch & made something I've been craving: vol-au-vent. With a creamy filling from leftover shrooms, leek & radish greens.

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Gem find, this abandoned place that looks like it haven’t been touched since the fall of communism era. Eerie and beautiful in a decrepit nostalgic way… ⚒️

Marinated dryad's saddle mushroom on the grill, corn & baked onion cream, herb oil (wild garlic, parsley, dill), basil, cornflowers and wild sage. With fresh pita I didn't take a picture of.

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The forecast said a week of rain all across Europe after a couple of days already too hot for us. I think it's coming... ⛈️

These look fabulous 🤤

I’ve seen some amazing looking pizzas made in ooni and I was envious 😅

That’s a great tip. Will try.

My setup is nothing to brag about, just an ordinary electric oven that keeps disappointing me & makes me miss my old gas one. I use a pizza stone & that’s the best it can do. I’m still negotiating w/ myself to buy an ooni & instal it at my parents but it’s kinda expensive tbh & I keep postpone it 😭