Bell peppers are my best friends
Tanya
Did you know that different colors of bell peppers taste differently? Green is the least ripe and the bitterest. The...
As sweet as mangoes
When raw, I am sour, when ripe, I am sweet. My morning is defined by the quality of mango I...
Honey, I baked a honey cake for you!
I rarely bake cakes these days because of bad sugar publicity and everybody’s weight-loss obsession. However, my husband insists that...
Escape
Blog
Shebalino, 1921. When Aleksey Popov looked out of the window of his study and saw the armed group of members...
Forshmak: A Love Story
The most authentic Ashkenazi Jewish recipe of the Old World is probably forshmak. Forshmak is an Yiddish word meaning “foretaste”,...
Remember Glukhov
Kharkov, 1909. The Mondrus branch of our family – the family of Sasha’s grandfather – had originated in the small...
Beyond Blintzes
Chag Sameach and Happy Shavuot to you all! Time flies really fast. On the fiftieth day after Passover, Jews celebrate...
Ubiquitous meatballs
What could be more world-wide popular than meatballs? Cosmopolitan meatballs live under different names and have some variations, but essentially,...
Road to Altay
Chuysky Tract, 1880s. When she was a little girl, Tanya lived in Novosibirsk with her parents, Iskra and Victor, and...
Kasha
There is nothing more popular in my house than buckwheat kasha. Buckwheat with butter, buckwheat with milk, buckwheat with chicken...
Pajama party.
Prague, May 9, 1945 In the early days of May 1945 the War was about to end. Lyonya, Sasha’s father,...
A Game of Patience
Fedor
Atlantic City has a long and interesting history that would take more than a single article to describe. From its...