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How to bake the perfect cookie. Try a Latvian shortbread stye sugar cookie or a Swedish rye cookie utilising our beautiful cookie cutters

Introducing Podusēta from Latvia's Rēzekne region. Each piece is individually handcrafted and finished.

Latvians all over the world recognise each other with this distinctive ring. The ancient folk legend is that during the 13th Century invasion of the territory of Latvia by the German crusaders, Namejs, a military and political leader of the Semigallian Tribes was one of the last warriors left. He had to flee into exile to the territory of Lithuania leaving behind his son. As a parting gift he gave his son a twisted metal ring by which he would be able to recognise his so