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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So I hear Milan isn’t a favorite among people visiting Italy. The city is too large, and too commercial, and too gloomy, and too noisy, and not at all like the rest of Italy, and… and… and… How come I…
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How on Earth I never watched The Sound of Music prior to spending one day in Salzburg I cannot explain, but a fact is a fact. The American classic escaped me — save for memes of Julie Andrews dancing in…
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Breakfast the Italian way requires some mental preparation for a person who’s used to having omelettes, avocado toast, and pancakes in the morning. Before my first trip to Italy I was terrified: how can a person sustain on a single…
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Instead of starting this article by explaining to you what Sri Lankan food is, let me tell you what Sri Lankan food is definitely not. First of all, it is not Indian food and not “almost like Indian food”, which…
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When I told my Sri Lankan friends I was going to stay in Sigiriya for two days, some were surprised. You see, mostly people come here with one purpose — to climb the Lion Rock. Half a day is more…
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