Culinaria Russia: A Picture Cookbook for Grownups
I’ve only known two Russian cooks in my life. First there was Olga, the cook who sustained me during my …
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From Mother Russia with Love: Kulich and Paskha
Because Russian Orthodox Easter falls on the same day this year (2010) as the Western Easter, it seems appropriate to …
From Mother Russia with Love: The Domostroi
Cabbage soup and gruel are our food. (Shchi da kasha, pishche nashe.) ~~Russian peasant proverb Trying to ferret out tidbits …
Idylls of Cuisine, #56
[A photograph, or two, and nothing more, for silent contemplation.]
From Mother Russia with Love: A Fish in Every Pie
The kulebyaka should be appetizing, shameless in its nakedness, a temptation to sin. ~~ Anton Chekov, “The Siren” Fish dishes …
From Mother Russia with Love: Meaty Mushrooms and Relentless Lent
One of her greatest pleasures in summer was the very Russian sport of hodit’ po gribi (looking for mushrooms). Fried …
From Mother Russia with Love: A Monster of a Stove and Tolokno
You can’t cook porridge with a fool. ~~ Russian Proverb ~~ An example of Russian Lenten food, tolokno or oat …
From Mother Russia with Love: Great Lent, the Beginning
Many years ago, a high school history teacher of mine asked our class to write down everything we knew about …
A Russian Cook
Another good appetizer is stewed white mushrooms, with onion, you know, and bay leaf and other spices. You lift the …
A Symbol of the Season
Many years ago, I read A Precocious Autobiography, by Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko. One passage moved me to tears and …
