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I received Aran Goyoaga’s Cannelle et Vanille yesterday in the mail, which, on the surface, has nothing to do with Russian pirozhki, but hear me out. It’s a beautiful book, just like everything Aran does. It’s full of nourishing recipes…
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If ever there was a decadent dessert shamelessly hiding behind the cover of a snack — and a heatlhy-ish one at that — that would be Russian syrok (plural: syrki). If you know, you know. If you don’t, let me…
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In one of my favorite Soviet movies — frankly, one of my favorite movies of any origin and era — Moscow Doesn’t Believe in Tears, the main character is introduced as “Georgiy Ivanovich, also known as Goga, also known as…
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I might be eight years too late, but a few months ago I bought Ottolenghi’s Jerusalem. I flipped through pages for days in search of the perfect first recipe to make. Which one do you think caught my attention? Flawlessly…
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My grandmother Toma hates cooking. She lives alone and survives mostly on bread and cheese. Sometimes she makes a big pot of soup that lasts her a week or kasha that can be stretched for a few days. As a…
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Being a nerd that I am, I’ve decided if I am going to write about blini at all, I must cover the topic from every possible angle. Which is why I started with a classic blini recipe, then ventured into…
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There seems to be a terrible confusion about Russian buckwheat blini which no-one talks about. Namely: the small round pancakes passed as blini in the West are not what I, as a Russian, call blini. A quick Google search revealed…
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Rhubarb and ginger jam born in lockdown must be the best of rhubarb and ginger jams, or maybe even jams — period. One has the time and the patience to test and test some more without hurry and frustrations. But…
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I am not a working mom. I am a hobbying mom. MS Word keeps marking it red, so I guess, “hobbying” is not a word. I am a mom with a hobby, all right. What constitutes work, anyways? According to the…
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When it comes to the famous Russian cabbage soup, the first thing you need to learn is how to pronounce it. Shchi. What nonsense, right? The “shch” combination looks terrifying even to me, and I am Russian. In Kachka: a…
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