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Russian Season
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Russian and Eastern European cuisine brought to you by a mother and a daughter
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Still On A Hiatus

Ahem… That’s me :] It’s been half a year since I first thought I should write a short post saying the blog was going on a hiatus… but there was always a hope that the followin...

17 feb 12

Sea Buckthorn Juice

Yesterday Ivanka finally allowed me to go veggie-shopping to the farmers’ market. She is learning to walk and she refuses to stay in her stroller for more than 15 minutes. The farmers’ ma...

19 aug 11

Apple Coconut Vanilla Lattice Pie

When it comes to buying fruit, I always give preference to fruit that originate from a nearer country - local farmers produce being the perfect option of course. In January, when supermarkets run out...

03 aug 11

The Nostalgic Way To Eat Cabbage

Cabbage with egg, sprinkled with toasted breadcrumbs, is one of my childhood foods. Mom used to make it quite often, as it’s very quick to prepare and makes an interesting alternative to fresh ...

28 jul 11 1 person likes this

Guest Post: Chocolate Chip Cookies

Hello Russian Season readers! This is Amanda. Since Alina’s been busy these days with redesigning her other website, I offered to do a guest post for her. Before I go any further, let me introduce my...

26 jul 11

Bryndzove Halušky

So our summer vacation is coming to its end. Someone whose name starts with S took only two weeks off work, although he could have taken more, and tomorrow we’ve got to start packing our bags t...

21 jul 11

Rhubarb Upside-Down Cake (Post by Stano)

Hi, let me introduce myself. My name is Stano, you can read about me on this blog from time to time. Alina is busy these days… weeks… months, because we are preparing for holidays in Slov...

05 jul 11

Strawberry Sponge Cake

It’s been a while since I last viewed my own blog - been working on my primary website day and night again! Two to three times per week, Stano drives me to my parents’ place, which gets d...

15 jun 11

Cheremsha (Ramsons, wild garlic)

In a cold country like Latvia, Cheremsha (Russian name for Ramsons, or wild garlic) is one of the earliest sources of vitamins. Cheremsha grows in shady woodlands and its green parts resemble garlic ...

02 jun 11

Rabarberu Rausis (Rhubarb Cake With Streusel Topping)

Rhubarb is one of the foods that I can eat every day once their season arrives. And it seems like all of our family is sitting on a rhubarb diet. Ivanka in enjoying her daily rhubarb drink, StanoR...

31 may 11

Almond Cranberry Biscotti

The Italy issue of Bon Appetit was splendid. I’ve bookmarked about a dozen recipes and already made Pasta al Pomodoro twice. Now I know how to make a smooth and silky pasta sauce :) From this B...

17 may 11

Mini Rogaliki

Rogaliki are small crescent rollls filled with jam, marmalade, Tvorog or even raisins. I think the most common filling for Rogaliki however, is jam/marmalade. I’m not sure we ever had them at h...

07 may 11

My Mom’s Paintings

Natalia Petropavlovskaya in Venice Some time ago I mentioned I was taking pictures of something beautiful, that I would show you later. Today I would like to finally present my Mother’s paintin...

01 may 11

Chocolate Paskha

This Paskha recipe that I adapted from March edition of a Russian magazine “Moy Rebyonok” is quite different from what we make every year. Our traditional Paskha is super-mega-extremely r...

24 apr 11

Happy Easter, Friends

There’s not going to be a lot of baking or cooking in my house this Easter. I’m busy chasing and catching Ivanka all around the house as she is always leaning like the Tower of Pisa. She ...

20 apr 11

Cottage Cheese Bars

I can barely live without these chocolate-glazed cottage cheese bars that are sold in every supermarket in Riga. They make a perfect lunchtime snack, or you can grab one in the morning while you̵...

09 apr 11

Sour Cherry Vareniki

We’ve been running this blog for a year and a half and still haven’t posted anything on such a staple of Eastern European cuisine as Vareniki. Strange, isn’t it? One of the reasons ...

01 apr 11

White Bean Soup

This simple and budget-friendly soup used to be a frequent plat du jour in our home when we were children. Of course, Mom used to make it without Parmesan cheese; we first heard about Parmigiano-Regg...

27 mar 11

Large Cupcakes For Little Ivanka

Ivanka has turned 6 months old! It feels like it was a week ago that we brought her home from the hospital, and yet it feels like she’s been here always. The first two and the most exhausting m...

19 mar 11

Pozharskie Kotlety (Pozharsky Cutlets)

While I still eat chicken… I should post as many chicken recipes as possible :) I plan to breastfeed until Ivanka turns 1 year old, so I still have 6 months ahead to test and post chicken recip...

16 mar 11

Lemon Curd and Art Nouveau

Lately, I’ve been swamped with work. You see, I’ve had no luck trying to find a professional programmer and web designer to redesign my Directory of Russian-speaking businesses in Europe ...

07 mar 11

Churchkhela - A Sweet From The Caucasus

Today I’m going to tell you about a Georgian sweet that a relative of mine recently brought us from the Caucasus. Despite its name, it has nothing to do with the church; it is a sausage-shaped...

26 feb 11

Banana Chocolate Swirl Muffins

I came up with the idea of these muffins when I wanted to bake something as a little “Thank you” gift for a friend of ours who is helping us with choosing and buying a car. Of course the ...

22 feb 11

Baked Millet Bars

I think I should experiment more with traditional Russian/Eastern European ingredients, trying to create my own, new recipes inspired by these foods. Millet is one of the foods that are very characte...

18 feb 11

Green Bean Avocado Arugula Salad

I lied to you. I am not making anything Eastern European this time. I have an excuse: to make something Eastern European, we always join with my Mom. She’s been planning to come over today, but...

14 feb 11

Peanut Butter Fudge And Happy Birthday To Me!

You know what? I love presents. I received so many presents for my birthday on Sunday and I’m so happy. And astonished. I’m astonished to be 27. It seems like this is happening to someone...

01 feb 11

Zephyr - A Sweet From Post-Soviet Countries

Zephyr is a very common sweet produced in Post-Soviet countries. Outwardly it’s similar to marshmallow, but it’s made with pureed apple (or other fruit), egg white, and pectin. It’s...

28 jan 11

Persimmon Tarts

Men are strange. I can spend hours in the kitchen, whisking, mixing, melting, decorating, and when I finally enter the living-room bearing a plate of delicious cookies or cakes, Stano will murmur som...

25 jan 11

Lemon Polenta Apricot Cookies via 6Bittersweets

“No more expensive foods until the end of the month”, I said to myself after receiving my January bills. I just wasn’t prepared to pay TWICE as much for things like central heating ...

22 jan 11

Chocolate Butter

Along with boiled condensed milk, chocolate butter is one of the simplest - and the most nostalgic - home-made sweet treats of the Soviet period. Under conditions of total deficiency*, you had to be ...

18 jan 11

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