Summer Borscht with Duck Inspired by Olia Hercules’s Mamushka
Olia Hercules’s Mamushka is taking the culinary world by storm. Here’s why.
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It’s Cocktail Time: Really, Really Simple Syrup
Everything should be simple…especially cocktails! That’s where simple syrup comes in.
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Dacha Shashlik: It Doesn’t Tolerate a Woman’s Touch
I’m headed outside of the city to the dacha to fire up the grill and make some Russian shashlik.
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Mayakovskaya Masala – Making Chicken Tikka Masala in the Russian Capital
I have the spring cleaning itch lately, and I’m in the midst of tackling my pantry.
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Watercress Soup Revisited
One of the great joys of shopping in Moscow’s colorful farmers’ markets is the element of the unexpected.
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Lemon-Garlic Pasta e Fagioli: Coming Back to Life
Well, that’s a week we won’t get back.
HRH and I were knocked for about six hundred and sixty-six last week by that dreaded Moscow flu.
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Silk Road Pulled Pork in the Oven
If you think Pulled Pork is confined to an American Red State Super Bowl party, think again!
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Becky B’s Black Bean Soup
It’s not every day I get to recipe develop for the Hunt. And it’s a pleasure to unveil this amazing Black Bean Soup, located on that tricky intersection of “healthy” and “delicious.”
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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Great Lent
Great Lent 2015: A Guide to the Russian Orthodox Lenten Fast
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Ceasefire Cottage Pie: Comfort Food for a Brief Entente
The current situation in Ukraine — not “the” Ukraine as HRH refers to it — has wreaked havoc in our household for almost an entire calendar year.
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Individual Chorizo Meatloaves
Meatloaf is one of HRH’s favorite things and can you blame him?
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Sorrel Soup: The Ultimate Justification for Two Decades in Russia
One of the reasons I love living in Russia is the year-round access to sorrel.
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Joe Kelly’s Irish Stew
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, I’m finally unveiling something I’ve been working on for a while.
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Russia’s Secret Weapon
Russians are tenacious. Russians are strong. Russians can withstand cold winters and hot summers. Where do they get their fuel? What’s their secret?
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Chicken Kiev: Food for an Uprising
Well, with Ukraine and Kiev, or Kiyv (depending on how you feel about the events of the Euromaidan) front and center these days, this seems a good time to whip of a batch of Chicken Kiev, which of course is neither from Kiev, nor, indeed, even Ukrainian.
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Hipster Salmon Telnoye: Updating a Stodgy Classic
A visitor from the United States recently asked me what was the most exciting thing about living in Russia. I could tell she was expecting me to talk about seeing The Nutcracker at the Bolshoi, the Olympics thingy, or maybe something about the mysteries of The Great Russian Soul. Of course, I disappointed her. My milestones are all culinary. “Unlimited quantities of affordable salmon,” I answered promptly.
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Mushroom Quinotto with Roasted Vegetables
Quinoa has been on my mind for two reasons lately.
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Time Off For Good Behavior: Surviving Great Lent
Last year HRH and I decided to try the Orthodox Lenten fast.
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The Domestic Goddess of the Green Line
Here’s one of the great unsolved mysteries of the universe: Why does the Alumni Magazine get through the floundering Russian postal system with a regularity you can set your clock by, but The New Yorker almost never appears?
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Welcome to The Moscovore!
Welcome to The Moscovore!
This site is dedicated to exploring, cooking, and celebrating great food in Moscow.
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The Great Vegetable Kiosk Purge Pasta
I’m lamenting the loss of my favorite vegetable kiosk a lot lately.
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Guilt Free Lasagna: Eggplant and Ricotta Rollups
Do you ever feel like you are the last person in the galaxy who eats wheat products? I know I do.
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Pesto to the Rescue – Hearty Minestrone
I’ve always passed minestrone by, until someone told me about the pesto. Now I am addicted!
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Black Beluga Lentil Salad
This lentil salad reminds me of my favorite grey cashmere cardigan
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Red Lentil and Carrot Soup
Lentil soup is one of those things that can go horribly wrong. It doesn’t have to.
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When Life Hands You Bland Avocados…
I consider avocados to be a major food group, don’t you?
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