★★★★★
23.02.2026
Prekrasni recepti, so detalno objasnuvanje za sekoja postapka. Recepti koi potsetuvaat na detstvoto, doneseni vo ova brzo vreme. Toplo ja preporacuvam knigata
Elena
Mama's recipes,
written down and within everyone's reach
Mama's best-loved traditional recipes, in digital form, for anyone who loves Macedonian cooking, anywhere.
The best food of your childhood was rarely written down…
Your mother's and grandmother's recipes were rarely written down. They live in their hands, in measurements taken by eye, and in all of them the most important ingredient: a little love.
You try to recreate the taste you grew up with, and something is always missing. The distance from home does not help, and recipes nobody wrote down disappear along with the people who knew them.
So Mama gathered (almost) every Macedonian recipe in one place…
Take both together, for less
Mama's Cooking and Mama's Preserves, cheaper together than bought separately.
See the bundleChoose the book for you
Each book covers a different part of the traditional kitchen. Pick the one you need.
Meet Mama
From childhood, Marina Mickovska Arsovska watched her mother and grandmother cook, and learned from them. Today she shares those recipes with Macedonians all over the world who want to keep the tradition alive, wherever they happen to live. Every recipe is tested before it is written down, and every one carries its own taste and its own meaning.
Reviews
What readers say
People who cook from Mama's books write to us. Here are some of their messages.
★★★★★
22.02.2026
Ova sto go napravivte e nesto sto dosega se sto sum procitala ne mo bilo jasno. Sega ova e taka napisano sto so lesnotija da pravis. Blagpdaram uste ednas i samo uspesi ponakata ❤️
Jasmina
★★★★★
27.01.2026
Preubavi i vkusni recepti imate, sega nemam potreba da misam sto da zgotvam za dorucek ili vecera, samo ja otvaram vasata kniga i jadenjeto e smisleno. Ovaa utro podgotviv Proja mafini so praz brzi, lesni i vkusni ke pravime i ke prakame sliki ipak so dve mali deca sum ama so vasite recepti kako da imam poveke vreme za podgotovka fala vi mnogu
Ivana
★★★★★
27.01.2026
Knjiga je prelepo uradjena, jasna, motivise, inspirise, daje utehu za sve kojima su nedostajala jela nase tradicije. Ako bake i mame nisu stigle da vas nauce, tu je knjiga puna ljubavi kroz recepte🩷
Sonja
★★★★★
24.01.2026
Simply a perfect book. Every recipe explained precisely and concisely, with ingredients from our own region. Warmly recommended, this book belongs in every home 💯
Blagica
★★★★★
24.01.2026
A perfect book for everyone outside Macedonia who misses traditional Macedonian food ❤️
Martina
★★★★★
23.01.2026
A wonderful book of authentic Macedonian recipes: simple, tasty and genuinely home-made. I recommend it warmly.
Nikolina
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Messages from readers
Frequently asked questions
Everything you need to know before you buy.
General questions
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All the books are fully digital (PDF). Nothing is sent by post: you receive the book right after purchase and read it on any device.
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As soon as payment goes through you get an email with a download link. The whole thing takes less than a minute.
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Online, by card. Payment is handled by Paddle rather than by us, so your card details never pass through our hands.
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On your phone, tablet and computer. The PDF is print-ready too, so if you like, print the recipes and keep them in the kitchen.
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Payment is handled by Paddle, so Paddle's policy applies: 14 days from purchase, but the right to withdraw ends the moment you download the book. Requests go to paddle.net, and once a refund is approved access to the book closes. Write to us first if the problem is technical. The full terms are in the refund policy.
Mama's Home Cooking
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Inside there are 50+ tested traditional recipes: soups, main dishes, pasta and desserts.
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Yes. Every recipe has been tested and written with exact measurements instead of doing it by eye. You follow it step by step and it works the first time.
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Yes. The ingredients are in ordinary supermarkets almost everywhere, which is exactly why the book is loved most by our people abroad.
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Yes. Everything is explained, including the parts usually taken for granted. If you've never cooked before, you'll still manage.
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Yes, every recipe has a photo of the finished dish, so you know exactly how it should look.
The Lenten Handbook
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A digital handbook with 123 Lenten recipes. Four weeks of menus laid out by day, a whole week of oil-free recipes, Lenten sweets, and a chapter explaining the fast itself.
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No. The recipes suit anyone who wants lighter meals without animal products, at any time of year.
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Yes, every recipe follows the rules of the fast, with no meat, dairy or eggs.
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Yes, four weeks day by day, with breakfast, lunch and dinner for each one. Plus a separate week of water-only recipes, for the days when the fast is stricter.
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That is exactly what it was made for. Before the recipes there is a chapter on the fast itself: how long it lasts, what is allowed, when fish and olive oil are permitted, and who may adapt it. After that you simply follow it day by day.
Mama's Preserves
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Yes. It is out, and it reaches your inbox the moment you pay, like every other book of Mama's.
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More than 50 traditional preserving recipes kept for generations: ajvar, lutenica, pickles, fruit preserves and jam, with exact measurements and the same step-by-step method as Mama's other books. Jar labels come with it, free.
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Yes. From preparing the jars through sterilising and storing them, everything is explained step by step, including for anyone doing this for the first time.
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No. All you need are jars, a pot and the ingredients, things you most likely already have at home.
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A sheet of labels for writing down what is in the jar and when you sealed it. They come free with the book as a separate PDF, and you print them at home as often as you need.
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Mama's 8 most requested recipes, free
- 8 traditional recipes, Mama's most requested
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