Autumn in Moscow Region
Posted October 14, 2011
Lately we had one day of Indian summer. It was so warm and bright day that we could not stop taking some pictures at our dacha. Just wanted to share with you these colorful views of Moscow Region. For example this "golden" birch forest just outside our fence. Or these beautiful berries of kalina (guelder ...
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Moscow Architecture
Posted June 3, 2011
Even if you have never been in Moscow you can easily guess that now there are a lot of huge and modern buildings here, just like in any other big city all over the world. I cannot say I really like those buildings. I also cannot imagine that after 200-300 years someone will be excited over them, ...
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Free Moscow Museums
Posted May 16, 2011
Important information for all fans of Moscow museums! Do not miss the day when the most of Moscow museums will be open free of charge - the 18th of May. Moscow has been participating in this international campaign for several years alreay. Pay attention that special places and buildings that are usually closed for visitors, ...
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Sushki
Posted May 8, 2011
Sushki, baranki, bubliki…. You have probably heard something about those. They are all similar – round, with hole in the middle and in most cases made of sweet dough. But sushki are much smaller and drier. Usually we use all of them as a desert together with tea, but you can also dip them in ...
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Russian Soup with Meatballs
Posted May 2, 2011
I found out today that I do not have any good piece of meat or chicken to make a soup. So I recalled a very helpful recipe. This is the soup with meatballs - very easy and quickly to cook. Besides, it is really tasty, especially for children, which sometimes do not like to eat ...
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Russian Valenki and The New Life of Wool Felt
Posted April 30, 2011
I believe that everyone knows what valenki are. Still, some foreigners seriously imagine Russia as constantly being snowy and cold; bears on the streets and drunk Russians wearing valenki and fur hats. Well, I have to say that it's not exactly so. There is no more snow here than any American living near Canadian border ...
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Pictures of Birch Sap
Posted April 21, 2011
Hi everyone, as promised, I put out the photos of birch sap our family gathers on Spring. Enjoy!
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Birch Sap
Posted April 4, 2011
Lately I have not added anything to my blog, we are too busy with Russian cuisine brochure. I have never thought that it could take so much time – making pictures, writing, etc. Hope it will be useful! But my mom just reminded me about one thing that I could not leave aside - the ...
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Russian Manty Photos
Posted March 11, 2011
At the very beginning of my blog there was a post about Russian manty. We didn't manage to make the photos back then, and I promised to rectify the situation in future. Finally, we cooked manty again and I made some nice pictures. I won't repeat myself here, telling you all the stuff I already ...
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More on Russian Maslenitsa 2011
Posted March 9, 2011
Just wanted to add a couple of words to my post about Maslenitsa. It has already ended, but during the last day we made some photos of the celebration, so I thought it would be interesting to share these pictures too. You can see on some of the photos traditional colorful Russian clothes, and also ...
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The 8th of March - International Women's day
Posted March 8, 2011
Our congratulations to all women all over the world! Even if you do not celebrate this holiday in your country, we still wish you a wonderful spring day today, warm sun and a world of flowers! And of course a lot of your men's love, and not only today
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Russian Maslenitsa 2011
Posted March 5, 2011
As you may or may not have heard, this week we celebrate Maslenitsa. All the hidden meanings it has were always too complicated and confusing to me, but in general it is of very ancient origin and originally it was a pagan celebration of the beginning of the spring and of sun. So, the famous ...
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Happy Defender of the Fatherland Day!
Posted February 23, 2011
Today is February 23 and in Russia it’s quite an important holiday. Since the beginning of the Soviet era we've been celebrating a holiday with a long name – Soviet Army and Navy Day (in Russian it sounds much more longer – Den’ Sovetskoy Armii I Voenno-Morskogo Flota ). After the end of the USSR ...
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Russian Cheburashka
Posted February 17, 2011
This is a very funny and cute creature from our soviet childhood… In reality, there is no such animal - it's just a pure fantasy of the author of a book about Cheburashka. Actually the book is about another character – a kind crocodile named Gena and his friends, one of which is Cheburashka. However, ...
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Get ready for the coming Chebureki!
Posted February 11, 2011
Recently me and Anton have been extremely busy writing that cooking brochure. Today's special is the dish called "Chebureki" that came to our cuisine somewhere from Central Asia. We love eating them a lot - and hope you'll enjoy them as well once the brochure is ready!
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Ploschad Revolyutsii Metro Station
Posted February 9, 2011
I am pretty sure that you have heard a lot about Moscow metro, and one of the most well-known facts is that it’s very beautiful. We can discuss a lot of problems we have with the metro – too crowded, too noisy, trains aren't comfortable enough (actually most of them have not been replaced for ...
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Buckwheat Porridge
Posted February 1, 2011
Have you ever tried buckwheat? It seems one of the most "fundamental" Russian cuisine dishes. By the way, we Russians love all kind of porridges and make them from all possible kinds of groats. There is even a proverb in Russian – “schi and porridge is our food”. Well, it’s an old and outdated saying, ...
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Russian cutlets coming soon!
Posted January 30, 2011
As I promised, I'm beginning to write an eBook about Russian food recipes. The first one is almost finished, and it's about delicious Russian cutlets! Want recipe? Patience, my friend, I won't let you down! More teasers soon...
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Russian Potatoes in a Coat
Posted January 29, 2011
Potatoes… These days nearly all the people all around the world know and love them. Did you know that it's wasn't Russian food originally? As well as it wasn't French, Chinese or Moroccan, although those countries consume loads of potatoes these days It's true that the potato is sort of "alien" to Russia, but it ...
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Herring....Salted Herring
Posted January 26, 2011
When I was thinking about the topic of my next post, I recalled another dish commonly served in Russia - salted herring. Salted fish has always been very popular in Russia, as we have seas and rivers all around our country. Therefore, we have always eaten a lot of fish, and we have been adding ...
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Epiphany in Russia
Posted January 20, 2011
19th of January is a very important religious holiday in Russia – Epiphany. To be honest, I am not a big fan of religious holidays, so I do not really know the history of this one either, and I'm also not a big expert in ceremonies. You know, how they should be performed, their order, ...
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Moscow Street Paintings
Posted January 15, 2011
I think this is not the best idea to talk only about food all the time. So, following my post about Reading train in Moscow metro, I would like to share with you some information about paintings on the streets of Moscow. By paintings I don't mean graffiti made by teenagers living in outskirts of ...
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How to Cook Golubtzy
Posted January 12, 2011
Today I cooked Golubzy and decided to write about them… Again, I have to warn that I do not "copy" any recipes from cooking books or sites, so please don't consider all my articles as "by the book" traditional Russian cuisine. This is more like traditional cuisine of our family...which is Russian First of all ...
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More Pictures of Moscow Winter
Posted January 11, 2011
I got some new pictures of Moscow region in Winter. It seems a really hard experience for the nature this year. I could not imagine that such big and tall trees can be bended like this, like a grass under first snow… All that ice on the branches is not only very heavy, but also ...
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Winter in Moscow
Posted January 9, 2011
I want to share with you some nice photos my friend made. These days, it’s really Russian winter outside... Actually the weather since the last summer brought us a lot of surprises. We all remember very well that terrible heat from +30 and up to +40 during couple of months. No rains at all. And ...
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New Year and Manty
Posted January 3, 2011
Hi there, it’s me again And since the 1st of January is behind us, I wish all of you all the best in the New Year!!! It was hard time before the New Year night as we needed to cook a lot, to prepare a lot and also to buy and make presents for many ...
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Moscow Metro Reading Train
Posted December 26, 2010
I know I have promised more recipes for the New Year, but I just thought that it wasn't really my point to write only about food in my blog. So I will take a break and tell you a couple of words about “reading trains” in Moscow metro. We have always been told in Soviet ...
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Russian Vinegret Salad Recipe
Posted December 23, 2010
Another Russian salad is “Vinegret”. To be honest, I was looking for a good translation in Google dictionary and the first variant I got was “Russian Salad” As I cannot call all the salads in my blog just “Russian salads” I will use another option – "beetroot salad". Since one of its ingredients is actually ...
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Russian Olivier Salad Recipe
Posted December 21, 2010
Ok, so here's my recipe of Olivier Salad (Russian version), as promised. First of all, it’s really very easy to cook, so don't get stressed out. First of all you boil vegetables – potatoes and carrots. Let’s say 4-5 medium potatoes and a couple of carrots. Boil them until they are tender and also cook ...
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Russian New Year Memories
Posted December 21, 2010
Lately I had so many plans regarding the blog, and not only about it… but as you know, our life is full of surprises, sometimes not so pleasant ones. Our family was so sick last couple of weeks that I could not even think about doing any writing. Well, since we're better now I can ...
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Pancakes vs Syrniki
Posted December 9, 2010
I promised I wanted to share some of my Russian cuisine recipes with you. The problem is I didn't really know where to start - Russian cuisine is sooooo huge! However, as it usually happens I stumbled upon something that helped me. One of my friends posted a picture of Russian pancakes on Facebook, but ...
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Hello From Anastasia!
Posted December 9, 2010
Hi, my name is Anastasia. I am Anton’s wife (for those who just came to this page and have not read anything else here I should explain that Anton is the guy who has made this site ). … So I was thinking for a long time if I should write anything at all. It ...
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