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Eating at Restaurants One big difference between a home-cooked meal and a restaurant meal is that at a restaurant, you are giving up control over your food. You no longer know where the food came from, how fresh it is, how much salt or spice has been added or what...

The Estonian Cultural Garden was dedicated June 19, 1966. Each year, the Estonian community and friends gather to celebrate Estonian Victory Day (võidupüha) and St John's Day (jaanipäev). This year local Estonians celebrated võidupüha and jaanipäev on June 26th, 2022. Toomas Tubalkain served as MC. Pastor Peeter Pirn led a...

Paul Vesterstein is a genuine American success story. A native of Estonia, he came to America in 1949 with little more than hope, his innate talents and abilities, and a strong work ethic. He came from a displaced persons camp in Europe after WWII under the sponsorship of the Duluth...

Each youth exchange brings together 30 young people aged 18-30 of Estonian origin; 20 living abroad and 10 from Estonia. This year's camp dates are 11.-22.09.2022.The main aim of the youth exchange is to introduce the Estonian culture and language to international participants who are: 📍 18-30 years old;📍 with...

On June 14th, 1986, President Reagan hosted Baltic diaspora activists and leaders of JBANC at the White House. The President received JBANC's Baltic Freedom Award and signed proclamation #4948 declaring June 14 as "Baltic Freedom Day" in honor of the "heroic Baltic nations" suffering under Soviet occupation, which he called...

The Election Committee, in accordance with Estonian American National Council bylaws, is submitting this list of candidates to serve on the XXIII Council. Those who submitted their application for candidacy by the announced deadline of May 26, 2022 have been included. As stipulated in the bylaws, a 10-day period is...

During JBANC’s Baltic Advocacy week (May 2-9), long time Estonian American National Council member Gilda Karu took the opportunity to speak with her Congressional representative Jan Schakowsky’s senior advisor Andrew Goczkowski. Andrew Goczkowski was at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library in Illinois on May 4 representing Jan Schakowsky. Gilda discussed...

Last month I wrote about the benefits of oils and fats and the three different building blocks of oils, which determine whether an oil can be considered saturated and very stable (can be used for frying at high temperatures), mono-unsaturated or fairly stable (can be used for cooking, baking and...

PRESS RELEASE (For immediate release) The Estonian American National Council (EANC) announced on April 14 its General Election for the XXIII Council, to be held this year. With the announcement, EANC issued a call for candidates who support the EANC mission, are willing to share their time, and can lend...

“Christmas Around the World” at the Museum of Science and Industry (msichicago.org) highlights the rich customs of more than 50 countries and cultures. Estonia is among the trees featured and we thank Meta and her volunteers for decorating this year’s tree! The exhibit is open until January 3rd. Make plans to...