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Goulash
View recipe: GoulashGoulash as I knew it back in Russia was a pretty simple dish cooked of beef with onions and tomato and usually served with pasta. There was a meat dish in Russian diners that also carried a proud name goulash, but was…
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Classic Borsch
View recipe: Classic BorschA staple of East European kitchen, this bright beet soup is healthy, delicious, and worth every bit of trouble… If you know of Russian food, you’ve heard of Borsch. It is popular not only in Russia, but also in…
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One Very Nutty Coffee Cake
View recipe: One Very Nutty Coffee CakeFinally I have broken my hiatus from cooking, which had begun to extend dangerously. It’s fascinating what a staggering effect failure has on motivation (and I did have a few cooking failures recently, mostly gelatin-related). But when is it…
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Zucchini with Wasabi Cream
View recipe: Zucchini with Wasabi CreamAmong squashes like pumpkin or butternut squash zucchini has a rather bland taste when used alone. So very often it is mixed with other vegetables in stir fries or used as a side dish. Zucchini of a bigger size has…
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Heavenly Chicken Noodles
View recipe: Heavenly Chicken NoodlesSome consider chicken soup a winter meal, especially if one has a cold. Luckily, I don’t have this association, and, due to the fact that at my favourite farm fresh chickens are cut some time in mid summer, that’s when…
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Japanese Eggplant
View recipe: Japanese EggplantThose who know me also know that eggplant is one of my favourite vegetables. Unlike many people, including my other half, I absolutely adore this nature’s creation. Eggplant (also aubergine) comes in many shapes, sizes, and colors, and today…
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Tomato Herring Salad
View recipe: Tomato Herring SaladHerring is one of those products that is under appreciated here in the US. It evokes the feelings of unconcealed disgust and possibility of poisoning. This is strange since anchovies, which are very similar, are widely used in gourmet preparations.…
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Cucumber & Crispy Bacon Salad
View recipe: Cucumber & Crispy Bacon SaladOh no, there’s yet another one of my lazy, spontaneous salads. But it is good, I do promise you! At least one witness does agree with me. Today, after another evening of fruitless apartment hunting in the heat and…
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Nutty Fish
View recipe: Nutty FishHow useful leftovers could be – once and again I had a tasty proof of it today. Fish for today’s dinner was planned ahead, but I hesitated for a moment about what to roll fish in before frying. Suddenly…
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Curried Daikon Salad
View recipe: Curried Daikon SaladNo, it is not black caviar you are seeing. It’s roasted black mustard seeds. Working from home today (a luxury I sometimes allow myself), I alloted myself a small lunch break. Not appreciating this distraction caused by hunger, I…
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