As much as we love our chocolate granola, the time came to try something new for breakfast. Here continues our quest for adventurous, summer flavours. Taking advantage of wonderful seasonal fruit, ...
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Cucumber Salad, Two Ways
During the summers at our Russian dacha, meals were always accompanied by small, curiously shaped cucumbers that we picked from the garden that very day. Sometimes they were so perfectly sweet, that ...
Mint and Tomatillo Gazpacho
In the midst of summer heat, time seems to become lazy - it stretches and yawns, while the white sun works after-hours and hangs high on the horizon until late in the evening. All of a sudden, we ...
Raw Peach and Cherry Napoleons
Napoleon is one of the most beloved desserts in Russia. That version consists of layers upon layers of rich and moist cream and dough that practically melt in your mouth. Usually, it doesn't involve ...
Temaki-zushi
We're finally back from a few busy weeks off and are truly glad to be spending days in our sunlit kitchen again, cooking and shooting away. Here is a question that has been on our mind ever since we ...
Creamy Asparagus Soup
Asparagus is a vegetable that I grew to like during my years in America - we never cooked with it in Russia. Up until recently, I prepared it the conventional way - steamed or grilled. Every time ...