-
Fish Soup – Ukha
View recipe: Fish Soup – UkhaWhen you buy fish at a fish market they usually ask if you need it to be trimmed, beheaded, scaled, skinned, and filleted. Well, if you need just pieces of flesh for a main course – yes, but not…
-
Fireplace Cooking in the Storm
View recipe: Fireplace Cooking in the StormStrange as it is, this sudden October snow freed me of a lingering writers block, hopefully for a long time. It was a fortunate coincidence (though she may disagree!) that Masha came to visit that Saturday, October 29. After…
-
Roasted Chicken Thighs to Die For
View recipe: Roasted Chicken Thighs to Die ForThis roasted chicken thighs recipe was inspired by Jamie Oliver‘s TV series. This English guy is an extraordinary chef. I adore his unpretentious way of cooking, and I love him for his efforts to change school food and end mental…
-
Open Fish Pie
View recipe: Open Fish PieBaking fish pies in winter was a tradition in our family. Fish was abundant and readily available, thanks to my father’s rewarding occupation. He was a pilot of a small meteorological crew, and brought sacks of frozen fish and…
-
Shiitake and Lentil Pilaf
View recipe: Shiitake and Lentil PilafToday’s recipe is a vegetarian pilaf as satisfying and rich in flavor as mom’s Lamb Pilaf. Imagine the aroma of mushrooms and garlic, the rich taste of lentils and the nuttiness of wild rice punctuated by tiny nuggets of…
-
Red Radish Salad
View recipe: Red Radish SaladAn advocate of minimalism in life, which unfortunately is possible mostly theoretically in our world of consumerism, I adore simple dishes that do not involve many ingredients. Some of those dishes come from my childhood in Russia, where minimalism…
-
Black Currant Ice Cream
View recipe: Black Currant Ice CreamBuckets of free black currants is what we were used to. Every summer we picked them in our own garden, ate them with relish (until our tongues ached) and preserved them to last through the long Siberian winter. In…
-
Fried Smelts
View recipe: Fried SmeltsDo not panic – this fish will not eat you. Just kidding…:) But you will definitely eat it with great pleasure, nibbling on crunchy tails and fins, savoring the tender meat drizzled with lemon juice, and following all this…
-
Stuffed Tarragon Mushrooms
View recipe: Stuffed Tarragon MushroomsSummer calls for salads, frosty drinks and fruit, but sometimes the body craves grilled cheese and protein, no matter the heat outside. These are easy-to-make, delicious stuffed mushrooms, with a couple of unique touches and the intense flavor of…
-
Beet Smoothie Soup
View recipe: Beet Smoothie SoupThis recipe has been brewing in my mind for awhile – a smoothie and a cold soup in one. The best part – it is almost no-boil, where most of ingredients are fresh vegetables. And the best best part…
Bon Appetit! 🍲
our family cookbook, repainted
From Russia, to USA and Canada, Recipes that evolve with our family
Search our recipes below or view all recipes.
Popular Recipes
About the Cooks
We are Nadja and Masha, mother and daughter, sharing our very old and very new recipes with each other, our family and friends in this ever evolving cookbook that is never quite complete. Read more.
Sign up to receive new recipes:
Join 76 other subscribers
RecipeStudio 