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Food
Exploring food markets, developing recipes, and just eating was once my hobby, but now it is a full-time job. I write about food markets around the world, develop recipes, and study culinary history and emerging trends. I have a particular interest in Russian and Eastern European cuisine and culinary history.
Lifestyle
I believe that great books are part of a life well lived and this extends to audio entertainment. Under the Lifestyle umbrella, I review books, podcasts, and audiobooks, I discuss writing and reading and am constantly on the lookout for new ways to be productive and clear all manner of clutter from my life.
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Delve into the rich history of Riga, Europe’s best-kept secret!
Join me for a fascinating discussion of Romanian cuisine with author and chef Irina Georgescu about her new book, “Carpathia: Food from the Heart of Romania.”
I sat down with Olga Zilberbourg about her new collection of short stories, “Like Water and Other Stories.”
A conversation with Professor Michael Khodarkovsky about his new book, Russia’s 20th Century: a fresh look at the arc of Soviet history.
A conversation with Gill Paul about her latest historical novel and Romanov alternative history. In The Lost Daughter, Paul explores the possibility of Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna’s possible escape from Yekaterinburg.
For scholars of The Soviet Thaw era, To See Paris and Die: The Soviet Lives of Western Culture offers keen insight into the minds of ordinary Soviet citizens encountering unexpected emotions that Western culture helped define.
While the Russian Revolutions claimed many Romanov victims, Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, the mother of Nicholas II, famously survived. The life of this fascinating woman, born a Danish princess, is explored in C.W. Gortner’s novel, The Romanov Empress.