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Mazurka – Dried Fruit Cake
View recipe: Mazurka – Dried Fruit CakeNo, I am not talking about a Polish folk dance. Mazurka is a sweet quick bread made with a lot of nuts and dried fruit. The nuts and fruit constitute as much as half of the dough. Mazurka is…
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Beef Liver Patties
View recipe: Beef Liver PattiesAs much as I liked pea soup, I hated liver in my early years. Oh God, I remember so vividly how I was sitting over my plate in desperation, unable to get this hateful piece of fried liver down.…
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Pea Soup
View recipe: Pea SoupTraditional pea soup with pork hocks, perfect for warming body and spirit, but requires some patience… Pea soup has been one of my favourites since nursery school. I still remember its wonderful smell when we the kids used to fall…
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Apple Turnovers
View recipe: Apple TurnoversApple season is almost over, but one can still buy fresh apples, just from a tree. Those apples are quite different from what you will buy in a store in winter. Juicy, crunchy, and I would say live. Even…
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Rassolnik – Chicken Soup with Pickles
View recipe: Rassolnik – Chicken Soup with PicklesRassolnik is a fairly common traditional Russian soup. Its name comes from the Russian word rassol, or brine in which pickled cucumbers are kept. It is true that brine can be used in preparing this soup, but it is…
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Kulesh the Warrior Food
View recipe: Kulesh the Warrior FoodFunny name? Maybe. According to one of the theories, this hearty millet dish originates from Cossack‘s cuisine. Easy to do, tasty, and very filling, kulesh could be cooked in the woods and fields on the open fire in cauldrons, and can be considered…
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Ox Tail Stew
View recipe: Ox Tail StewUntil recently I eluded cooking ox tail stew, I thought beef tails were best for meat jelly (kholodets), one very popular Russian dish. Besides, the idea of eating t-a-i-l-s just didn’t appeal to me. Boy was I wrong. A friend of mine enlightened…
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Buttermilk Pancakes
View recipe: Buttermilk PancakesWhen the cool fall weather is setting in, I feel a longing for kitchen activities that involve flour. I cannot explain it, but there’s something in working with dough that warms my soul and brings spirits up. This Sunday it was…
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Pickled Mushrooms
View recipe: Pickled MushroomsPickled mushrooms are traditional to Russian cuisine, especially as a winter treat. They could be used in salads, pies, as a side dish, as is, and as a perfect zakuska (snack) for vodka. There are several methods to prepare pickled…
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The Best Biscotti
View recipe: The Best BiscottiEverybody who has been to a cafe in North America knows biscotti. Dating back to the ancient Rome, where they were used as a non-perishable food carried by travelers, these crunchy dry cookies have since become widespread in Italy…
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