A shawarma shop accidentally delves into urban agriculture, much to the delight of city residents. 

Pizza-lovers be warned: a new scam in Russia is targeting those with a craving for cheese and pepperoni. 

In Russia, mascots only get better. Imagine a child cracking a smile not JUST for a man bungling in a hot costume, but for a role model who looks like a beloved teatime treat…

A Russian woman is suing McDonald's for producing advertising so effective she gave up on Lent.

In this week's Odder News, the biggest pot of borscht you'll ever see, a new birthday gift idea, and piranhas hit Sakhalin.

Trash-panda no more, this raccoon has developed a hankering for fine wine. 

“We expect there to be and there already is a decrease in prices for products included in this ‘borscht set,’ and in our opinion, the trend will continue.”

– Elvira Nabiullina, the head of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, has happy news.

Is there anything that could make cheese any better than it already is? A new patent in cheese-making with an unusual ingredient is attempting to do just that. 

When an injury takes an MMA fighter out of the cage, he decides to take his talents into the kitchen instead. 

Our old gals in the village cast a wary eye on all food from the store, because who knows what they’ve got in there?

Raspberries and cream – a wonderful summer treat.

For some 300 years, the residents of Gorodets, near Nizhny Novgorod, have been making a spicy cookie famous throughout the country, and perhaps the world.