March 15, 2018
Veal Orloff: A French Classic Fit for a Russian Prince
Veal Orloff: The French Classic Fit for a Russian Prince (more…)
January 16, 2016
Glorious St. Petersburg – The Imperial Capital of Russia’s Tsars
St. Petersburg, Russia's glorious imperial capital has always had my heart.
January 2, 2016
Everything You Need to Know to get Addicted to War and Peace
War and Peace gets 2016 off to a great start! I couldn't be more excited about the upcoming drama series of Tolstoy's War and Peace, which starts on January 3,…
October 29, 2014
5 Surefire Ways to Win NaNoWriMo
There is nothing like the beginning of a venture like NaNoWriMo: all excitement and determination! 50,000 words in 30 days will be a breeze! (more…)
February 26, 2014
Hipster Salmon Fishcakes: Updating a Stodgy Soviet Classic
The addition of my beloved Russian smoked salmon to these fishcakes takes them from a drab Wednesday night stopgap to the opening salvo of an elegant Saturday night dinner.
December 30, 2013
New Year’s/Новый год: Is This Christmas??
The holiday season in our American-Russian family is a marathon, not a sprint.
May 21, 2013
Day of the Bureau of Technical Inventory BTI/День инвентаризатора (День работника БТИ): HRH Updates His Dream Home
HRH and Jennifer dust off their Bureau of Technical Inventory documents for an apartment renovation that sounds so much better in French! (more…)
March 27, 2013
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…
October 29, 2012
Russia’s Undecided Voters or Banging the Drum in Ostozhenka
AGGGHHHH! I hate this last week before Election Day! (more…)
October 1, 2012
White Bean & Chorizo Dip
Here’s the thing about cooking... (more…)