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Russian Food With a Twist
May 01, 2008

Russian Food With a Twist

At Moscow's fashionable GQ Bar, Chef Konstantin Ivlev cooks up a new style of Russian cuisine. Here we present a flashy Baked Chicken Breast with Garlic, Potatoes and Truffles.

Of Tatyana, Comets and Champagne
January 01, 2008

Of Tatyana, Comets and Champagne

A consideration of fashionable foods from Onegin's era, and particularly Russian and French champagnes of a particular vintage.

Mojitos in Moscow
November 01, 2007

Mojitos in Moscow

A look at some of Moscow's new upscale restaurants, where style and good food go hand in hand.

Space Food
September 01, 2007

Space Food

The history of food in space, through Russian eyes. Plus a great recipe for an Apple Zefir so light and ethereral it will make you feel like it floats.

Culinary Detente
July 01, 2007

Culinary Detente

A wonderful recipe for shortbread almond cookies, which just happen to have a Cold War history to them.

A Pie Filled With Nostalgia
May 01, 2007

A Pie Filled With Nostalgia

A look at chebureki - Tatar meat pies that are so beloved that poems have been written about them!

Nikel Tarts
March 01, 2007

Nikel Tarts

Vatrushki are tasty and warm cheesy tarts found even in the remotest corners of Russia.

Please to the Internet!
January 01, 2007

Please to the Internet!

A survey of online purveyors of Russian foods yields a diverse repast with varying levels of service.

A Taste of the Wild
November 01, 2006

A Taste of the Wild

Want a fresh taste of Kamchatka? Then it has to be salmon. Here we consider the many different Russian words for salmon and offer a great recipe for flash-freezing the delicacy.

The Soviet Table
September 01, 2006

The Soviet Table

A consideration of how much Russian cuisine has changed since the Soviet era, when the magazine was founded.

The Stuff of Folk Songs
July 01, 2006

The Stuff of Folk Songs

Ryabina is the stuff of Russian song and folklore. Here, it is the focus for this issue's snowball berry red recipe...

 

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Bears in the Caviar

Bears in the Caviar

Bears in the Caviar is a hilarious and insightful memoir by a diplomat who was “present at the creation” of US-Soviet relations. Charles Thayer headed off to Russia in 1933, calculating that if he could just learn Russian and be on the spot when the US and USSR established relations, he could make himself indispensable and start a career in the foreign service. Remarkably, he pulled it of.
93 Untranslatable Russian Words

93 Untranslatable Russian Words

Every language has concepts, ideas, words and idioms that are nearly impossible to translate into another language. This book looks at nearly 100 such Russian words and offers paths to their understanding and translation by way of examples from literature and everyday life. Difficult to translate words and concepts are introduced with dictionary definitions, then elucidated with citations from literature, speech and prose, helping the student of Russian comprehend the word/concept in context.
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Fearful Majesty

This acclaimed biography of one of Russia’s most important and tyrannical rulers is not only a rich, readable biography, it is also surprisingly timely, revealing how many of the issues Russia faces today have their roots in Ivan’s reign.
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The Moscow Eccentric

Advance reviewers are calling this new translation "a coup" and "a remarkable achievement." This rediscovered gem of a novel by one of Russia's finest writers explores some of the thorniest issues of the early twentieth century.
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A Taste of Chekhov

This compact volume is an introduction to the works of Chekhov the master storyteller, via nine stories spanning the last twenty years of his life.
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Davai! The Russians and Their Vodka

In this comprehensive, quixotic and addictive book, Edwin Trommelen explores all facets of the Russian obsession with vodka. Peering chiefly through the lenses of history and literature, Trommelen offers up an appropriately complex, rich and bittersweet portrait, based on great respect for Russian culture.
Jews in Service to the Tsar

Jews in Service to the Tsar

Benjamin Disraeli advised, “Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.” With Jews in Service to the Tsar, Lev Berdnikov offers us 28 biographies spanning five centuries of Russian Jewish history, and each portrait opens a new window onto the history of Eastern Europe’s Jews, illuminating dark corners and challenging widely-held conceptions about the role of Jews in Russian history.
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The Pet Hawk of the House of Abbas

This exciting new trilogy by a Russian author – who has been compared to Orhan Pamuk and Umberto Eco – vividly recreates a lost world, yet its passions and characters are entirely relevant to the present day. Full of mystery, memorable characters, and non-stop adventure, The Pet Hawk of the House of Abbas is a must read for lovers of historical fiction and international thrillers.  
The Latchkey Murders

The Latchkey Murders

Senior Lieutenant Pavel Matyushkin is back on the case in this prequel to the popular mystery Murder at the Dacha, in which a serial killer is on the loose in Khrushchev’s Moscow...

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