Saveur Blog Awards Finalist
2017 and 2018
in Best Travel Blog category
I write stories about food, travel, and things that matter like sustainability and my mild obsession with Hollywood actors. Home is Russia, but I currently live in Germany and eat rye bread with butter every day.
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It is only after having a child that I learned how deep into the alphabet the letters on bra labels run. Most of my life I had a D cup — a point of shame and frustration at school and…
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Russian eggplant caviar might be one of the easiest and most affordable things to make during summer months, while eggplants are in season, but it sure sounds fancy. You could, of course, call it an eggplant dip or spread, but…
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I have a question. Say, I want to write travel guides for food lovers (doing it already), or develop recipes (doing it rarely, but would like to devote more time to it), or review restaurants (do not want to do…
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My mom makes killer pan-fried potatoes. I once told her it’s her signature dish and she got offended. “Pan-fried potatoes? Really?” Not her solyanka, not her kholodets, not the “bear cake” she makes for every New Year celebration (no bears…
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When Kroshka was two or three weeks old my husband and I went out for strolls around the city. Our son easily slept three hours in his stroller so we would make it to the old town, grab a coffee,…
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