Month: May 2026
-
Mummo Goes to Kozy Shack
Finnish riisipuuro meets American pudding cup, mediated by British custard powder, in a slow cooker made in the USA. Multiple countries in one dessert.
-
Piimä | Cultured Buttermilk
Piimä is a fermented milk drink — tangy, pourable, and thinner than yogurt. If you’ve had buttermilk in the US, you’ve had its distant American cousin. They’re not wrong, exactly. But they’re not entirely right, either.
-
In a Vase on Monday | 4th May 2026
Freesias are one of my all-time favorite flowers. I’ve been obsessed with them since I first caught a whiff, which predates my Bath & Body Works Freesia lotion phase. If you know, you know.
-
Six on Saturday | 2nd May 2026
This red pelargonium came in from the garden last autumn and has not stopped blooming since. The sun came back, the Easter decorations came out, it said “You know what? More flowers.” It deserved its own entry.
-
Vappu, From the Outside
I went looking for Vappu photos and didn’t have any. Sixteen years in Finland, and I’d never documented it. So I took some.