Up until about a year ago, butternut squash was firmly on my no-go list, along with puff pastry and canning. (more…)
Jennifer EremeevaDecember 5, 2011
Food
Cuisine & Culinary History
From the alphabet of taste to the 7th Continent: a guide to Moscow's supermarkets. (more…)
Jennifer EremeevaNovember 19, 2011
They are all over the place at the moment – a vibrant splash of color (more…)
Jennifer EremeevaNovember 7, 2011
Nothing in Moscow comes easy and that is especially true when it comes to finding great Chinese food. (more…)
Jennifer EremeevaNovember 1, 2011
My friend Dee Dee is test-driving Veganism with impressive results. (more…)
Jennifer EremeevaNovember 1, 2011
It’s definitely apple season and that means one thing: apple pie! (more…)
Jennifer EremeevaOctober 16, 2011
A staple of the Moscovore household lineup, this soup is flexible, incredibly delicious and amazingly good for you. (more…)
Jennifer EremeevaOctober 16, 2011
There's only one way to do a chicken: standing on its head! (more…)
Jennifer EremeevaOctober 16, 2011
The Moscovore extended family (on my side anyway) could possibly die of malnutrition without this particular recipe. (more…)
Jennifer EremeevaOctober 13, 2011
What is it about the mouth-watering food of Bologna that makes foreigners want to massacre it? (more…)
Jennifer EremeevaOctober 13, 2011
As they so often do, the Test Kitchen crowd completely changed the way I thought about creamy mushroom soup. (more…)
Jennifer EremeevaOctober 8, 2011
I am a great believer in fresh stock made from natural ingredients. (more…)
Jennifer EremeevaOctober 8, 2011
Claudia Roden's latest book on Middle Eastern cuisine is part cookery book, part travelogue, with a generous pinch of The Arabian Nights thrown in. (more…)
Jennifer EremeevaOctober 7, 2011
I’m more of a gin or chardonnay gal, but when a reader asked me about bacon-flavored vodka, I was forced to take another look at Russia's favorite tipple, roll up…
Jennifer EremeevaJune 15, 2011
PIMMS always reminds me of one of the top three most awkward events I’ve ever attended, which, when you’ve lived in Moscow for 17 years is saying a lot.
Jennifer EremeevaJune 8, 2011
You don’t have to go all the way to Siberia, learn to fish, or even work up the courage to deal with a fish eye to make Russia's oldest soup,…
Jennifer EremeevaMay 19, 2011
I remember my first Russian Easter as a frantic hunt, not for eggs and chocolate, but for bake ware.
Jennifer EremeevaApril 21, 2011
Tthis year, I promised myself I would master the art of the elusive Russian pancake in time for Maslenitsa. I rolled up my sleeves. I delved into 19the Century cookbooks.…
Jennifer EremeevaFebruary 28, 2011
I feel curiously off the hook somehow when I return to Moscow, where even the most committed Northamptonite would be forced to agree: you can’t subsist on a diet of…
Jennifer EremeevaFebruary 25, 2011
