Food

Christmas Cookies VI – Decorated Gingerbread Cookies

Gingerbread cookies are not only delicious, but also very pretty. For that reason, they serve as both a treat as well as a decoration. In this class you will cover baking and decorating — which is a lot of fun and gives you a chance to be very creative. You will learn complex designs as...

Pickled Brie Cheese and Utopenec with Czech Lentil Soup

Start your meal off right with this combination of two delicious pickled appetizers and one popular soup. The first is Pickled Brie, a tasty appetizer typically served with wine. The second appetizer, Utopenec, is a lightly-sour pickled kielbasa that goes great with any beer. Finally, we’ll be making Czech Lentil Soup, which is a popular...

Traditional Czech “Dutch Schnitzel” with Creamy Mashed Potatoes

Dutch Schnitzel in the Czech & Slovak Cooking Series? Of course! The reason this dish is referred to as “Dutch” for that the gouda cheese originated in Holland, but rest assured that this is a totally Czech and Slovak meal. Dutch Schnitzel, or “Holandský řízek” in Czech, is a combination of delicious pork meat with...

Dill Sauce with Hard-Boiled Eggs and Bread Dumplings

This class will be all about the delicious dill sauce that is served with hard-boiled eggs and fluffy bread dumplings (as always, all parts are made in the class). This dill sauce originated in the Czech Republic and is known for its unique combination of dill, creaminess, and sweet and sour taste that makes it...

** Rescheduled from April 7 ** Stuffed Peppers with Tomato Sauce and Rice

** This class is rescheduled from 4.7.22 to 4.12.22 ** If you are unable to join us for this rescheduled class on Tuesday, April 12, please contact the museum at 319-362-8500 to notify us so we can work on processing your refund for the class. In this class, we are going to prepare delicious and...

Gingerbread Bars filled with Prune Preserve and Coated in Chocolate

Calling all gingerbread lovers! In this lesson, we are going to prepare traditional Czech gingerbread bars. This dessert has a well-balanced Czech gingerbread flavor that is perfectly sweet and uses delicious and healthy rye flour. The texture of this dessert is very fluffy, and the prune marmalade is not just spread in the middle of...

BrewNost

National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library 1400 Inspiration Pl SW, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States

BrewNost is September 16 from 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. BrewNost is the Midwest’s premier international beer festival that supports the educational and cultural mission of the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library. Join us for a lively event featuring unlimited food and beverage from some of the area’s finest restaurants, local breweries and distilleries,...

Christmas Cookies I – Mini Walnut Rolls & Linz Tarts

This class will introduce you to two other kinds of traditional Czech Christmas Cookies. You will learn to prepare mini walnut rolls coated in sugar and delicious Christmas-shaped cookie sandwiches called Linz tart that can be cut into any shape you like and then “glued” together with delicious berry filling. You can attend this course...

Christmas Cookies II – Christmas Mini Pavlovas & Rum Pralines

New Class! The name “Pavlova” relates to the decadent dessert that some people consider very technical and often intimidating. In this class, we are going to prepare this dessert in its’ mini-Christmas version: one with snowy cream and golden edible glitter and the second version with green cream. And to top it off with a...