Our popular virtual cooking classes are back! This famous Czech dessert is simple to prepare and is irresistible. It is a perfect combination of a sweet pastry cake (sometimes called “bubble cake”) and fruit. You can use any fruit you like or have available. This recipe will be a lot of fun and it will...
Franci’s War: A Woman’s Story of Survival is an engrossing memoir of a spirited and glamorous young fashion designer who survived World War ll. In the summer of 1942, twenty-two year-old Franci Rabinek–designated a Jew by the Nazi racial laws–arrived at Terezin, a concentration camp and ghetto forty miles north of her home in Prague....
Our popular virtual cooking classes are back! Czech rolls are a very original pastry, only available in the Czech and Slovak Republics, but everyone who tries them usually loves them. The reason for this is simple: the dough has a nice buttery flavor and the center is very soft. The goal of this class is to...
The National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library continues to partner with Anna Cooková, an instructor with CzechTalk, to offer online Czech language and culture lessons. Beginner’s Czech Language & Culture I begins on Thursday, March 25, 2021. Each class will be held from 8 to 9:30 p.m. Central Time every Thursday from March 25...
This class will bring you three classical and timeless Czech and Slovak cold appetizers that will be very different from anything you have tried before. The Russian egg is the savory version of a decadent sundae. The creamy horseradish ham rolls are delicate miniature roulades with a light kick of horseradish. And lastly, the caviar...
Central Europe, a region that finally gained its long-awaited freedom in 1989, has been considered a successful democratization story to showcase to aspirational states. As the wave of another crisis of liberal democracy hit the transatlantic space in 2010s, however, the young democracies at the heart of Europe turned out to be especially fragile. What...
Earthy but velvety potato dumplings filled with smoked meat and onion, drizzled with melted butter, and topped with sautéed onion. This traditional Czech meal will bring you unexpected flavors, uniqueness, and originality. Note: Suitable for vegetarians too – the vegetarian version uses a sauerkraut filling that will be provided as well.Our popular virtual cooking classes...
Most of Czech food lovers have heard about kolaches. In this class, you will be introduced to a version that is not so commonly known in the U.S., but it is incredibly delicious and popular in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Valassky frgal has a shape like a pizza, but the dough is clearly a...
A Virtual Lecture Series with Professor David Chroust, PhD.Professor David Chroust, PhD presents “Czechoslovakia, 1960s-1980s: Grand Narratives and Everyday Life.” In the 1960s, Czechoslovakia was a place where magic happened. More than other countries then outside the West, Czechoslovakia had a place in our books and university courses about the global 60s. The goal became...
