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Articles by Jennifer Eremeeva
weekend kitchen
Kinda Sorta Coulibiac for the International Woman
Men, man up! Here's a delicious, easy recipe to impress your beloved on March 8.
weekend kitchen
Medovik: Russia’s Favorite Cake
Our favorite chef takes us step-by-step through the creation of this honey-creamy-tart-sweet confection.
weekend kitchen
Huzzah for Hussar-Style Beef!
Take a page of culinary history to fete Defenders of the Homeland Day in style.
weekend kitchen
Vinegret: The Spicy Language of Love for Valentine's Day
Start off the romantic holiday season with a piquant, deep pink, heat-raising first course.
weekend kitchen
North Meets South in Mini Golubtsy
Sunny lemons from the south and hearty beet greens from the north make for delicious "little pigeons."
weekend kitchen
You Can’t Beat a (Savory) Babka
The perfect yeasty-eggy-savory bread filled with swirls of sauteed mushroom and cheese.
weekend kitchen
Copycat IKEA Meatballs
Jennifer Eremeeva gives us a recipe for the beloved meatballs found in every Russian freezer.
movie night
Russian Movie Night: History on Screen
Ready for a weekend of binge-watching? How about an entertaining refresher course in Russian history?
long read
Photographic 'Journeys Through the Russian Empire'
Two great photographers a century apart capture what once was the Russian Empire.
movie night
Russian Movie Night: 7 Literary Works on Screen
At home for New Year's? Jennifer Eremeeva shares the best Russian literature-come-to-life movies.
weekend kitchen
Russia's National Treasure: Cabbage Soup
Jennifer Eremeeva has just the thing to cancel out holiday overeating. And it's delicious, too.
movie night
Russian Movie Night: 7 Great Features
Relax with these seven feature films or TV series chosen by Jennifer Eremeeva.
weekend kitchen
Russian Pryaniki: Ginger All the Way!
Fill your home with the glorious, spicy, gingery, lemony, sweet scent of the holiday season.
reportage and recipes
Explore the Wonders of 'Red Sands' With Caroline Eden
Author Caroline Eden takes us on roads less traveled, with many delicious stops along the way.
art of russian cuisine
Welcome Russian Winter with Persimmon Spice Cake
Snowy winter day, hot tea, roaring fire, sweet nutty spicy persimmon cake...
holiday abroad
Celebrate Thanksgiving with an Uzbek Chicken
Mix East and West for the kind of unconventional holiday this unconventional year needs.
art of russian cuisine
A Persimmon Primer
What are those bright orange fruits at the fall market? And how do you eat them?
comfort cuisine
Insta-Plov: Modern Technology Meets Ancient Dish
All the warming, satisfying, complex flavors and textures of plov without a kazan (and 12 hours).
art of russian cuisine
Launch Squash Boats Under the Blue Moon
Once in a blue moon Jennifer Eremeeva makes an autumnal deep orange squash feast.
art of russian cuisine
The Enduring Glamour of Mushroom Julien
Jennifer Eremeeva brings this restaurant and theater buffet favorite to your home kitchen.
art of russian cuisine
East and West Meet Over Borshch Deliciously
Move over pampushki! These crumbly, crunchy, sweet and salty triangles go great with borshch!
long read
Pushkin House Shortlisted Books Tackle Authoritarianism
The judges seem to have found a thematic thread running through Russian letters (and life) this year.
art of Russian cuisine
Mushrooms and the Thrill of the Chase
It's that glorious time of year - mushroom season!
art of Russian cuisine
Not Your Babushka’s Sour Cabbage
Everything you wanted to know about fermentation but were too intimidated by that babushka to ask.
long read
'The Girl From the Hermitage'
Follow Galina from the Leningrad siege to today's St. Petersburg.
Russian cuisine
A Tale of Two Charlottes
How did English Apple Charlotte find its way into the hearts, minds, and kitchens of Imperial Russia?
quarantine cuisine
Draniki: Out of the Belarusian Frying Pan
Jennifer Eremeeva helps you expand your Slavic kitchen repertoire with Belarusian potato pancakes.
quarantine cuisine
In the Tvorog Test Kitchen
Not cottage cheese, not ricotta, not quark... tvorog is similar to all but utterly, deliciously unique.
quarantine cuisine
By the Book: 'The Soviet Diet Cookbook'
Learning to cook the (post-) Soviet way: with Babushka and The Book.
quarantine cuisine
Cool Down with Slavic Ceviche
Jennifer Eremeeva proves that if Russians love cured salmon and adore sushi, they'll eat up ceviche, too.
Quarantine cuisine
Mustard & Horseradish: Russia’s Homegrown Condiments
Jennifer Eremeeva takes us into the pantry to make our very own, delicious native Russian condiments.
quarantine cuisine
Kvas: Russia’s National Tipple
No kvas truck making deliveries in your neighborhood? No problem! Start brewing!
quarantine cuisine
Taming Morkovcha — Russia’s Beloved Korean Carrot Salad
Jennifer Eremeeva cracks the code of everyone's favorite carrot salad.
quarantine cuisine
Waste-Not-Want-Not Sour Cream Scallion Dip and Sukhariki
Jennifer Eremeeva shows us how thrift produces the perfect Russian beer snack.
Quarantine cuisine
Hansa Herring Salad for a Healthy Holiday Picnic
Herring - love it or leave it? Try Hansa salad and see if you invite this little pickled fish to stay.
quarantine cuisine
Shashlyk in the City
As quarantine puts the kibosh on the dacha season, urbanites need to get their grilled meat fix.
quarantine cuisine
Conquering the Heart of Borodinsky Bread
Jennifer Eremeeva has used the lock-down wisely. It involves home-made bread and a spongy friend.
quarantine cuisine
'Carpathia: Food From the Heart of Romania'
With all semblance of regular meals eroding, “Carpathia” is a timely addition to the cookery book canon.
long read
Grigory Kanovich's 'Devilspel' Wins EBRD Book Prize
A brilliant novel about the darkest of times that keeps the light of humanity burning throughout.
quarantine cuisine
Pasta Perestroika: Remembering Things Past
Jennifer Eremeeva takes us down memory lane and straight to the pantry and liquor cabinet. Delicious.
quarantine cuisine
Quarantine Easter Egg Salad
Easter and lock-down combine perfectly to introduce egg salad to the Russian culinary canon.
quarantine cuisine
Bean Fritters for the Zoom Generation
Did you panic buy beans? Great! Modify meat, fish or vegetable patties for an easy and tasty dinner.
quarantine cuisine
Lentil Soup Four Ways
Combine lentils, aromatics and spices for dinner and armchair travel. Chases away the self-isolation blues.
quarantine cuisine
Got Grechka? Make a Grain Bowl!
Self-Isolating? Stress-eating? Cook up something delicious with those hoarded supplies instead.
long read
Darra Goldstein Goes 'Beyond the North Wind'
Jennifer Eremeeva reviews and samples Darra Goldstein's latest delicious study of Russian cuisine.
Long read
The Beet Goes On
Jennifer Eremeeva explains, deliciously, why we should love the beet.
long read
Savory Kutiya for Kolodia and Christmas
What's kutiya? And Kolodia? Can I eat them? Do I want to? Jennifer Eremeeva tells all deliciously.
long read
'Russia's 20th Century: A Journey in 100 Histories'
100 vignettes of Russian life that together form a vivid history of a tumultuous, tragic, heroic century.
long read
'Seasoned Socialism: Gender & Food in Late Soviet Everyday Life'
Fascinating and fun required reading for students of Russian and Soviet literature, history, and politics.
long read
'Godless Utopia: The Anti-Religious Campaign In Russia'
A book as beautifully designed as it is fascinating and timely.
in history's footsteps
The Many Lives of the Tsar's Village
Autumn is a perfect time for a trip out of the northern capital and into the past.
what's cooking
Cooking Moscow Market Bounty: 'That Eggplant Thing'
Moscow's markets are overflowing with eggplant right now. Jennifer Eremeeva to the rescue.
Must-see museum
Fabergé and the Link of Times
In St. Petersburg, be sure to stop in at this relatively new and truly fabulous museum.
Long read
'Vasily Grossman and the Soviet Century'
Popoff brings to life Grossman, his work, and the dark times he lived through.
long read
The Quiet Epic Journey of 'Maybe Esther'
Our third Pushkin House Book Prize nominee is a unique exploration of the historical and familial past.
What's for dinner
Okroshka: Summer's Simple Pleasure
Jennifer Eremeeva gives us the blueprint for Russia's best summer soup.
long read
The Heroic Bitter Land of 'Chernobyl'
A television series about the U.S.S.R. written and produced in the West that has Russian viewers raving.
What's cooking
Into the Frying Pan: 9 Top Russian Cookbooks
What better way to spend the weekend than reading about, cooking and eating great Russian food?
what to cook
Chikhirtma
Happy? Sad? Hungover? Feverish? Or just plain hungry? Grab a pot.
What to cook
The Definitive Beef Stroganoff
What you've all been waiting for - the best recipe for Beef Stroganoff ever.
news
Lucky Lentils For a Prosperous New Year
Russians let you start the new year again this weekend. And here's the lucky dish to celebrate with.
news
Shock the Guests on New Year's Eve
Still cooking, chopping and fighting over the New Year's menu? Try something old with a new twist.
news
Holiday Dazzler
Looking for a Russian-inspired party dazzler that's easy to make? Look no further.
news
Feed the Fleet!
In honor of the armed forces around the world, our favorite cook has made boring into bright and tasty.
news
The Romanoffs: The Empire Strikes Back
We asked Jennifer Eremeeva to watch one more episode of Amazon's "The Romanoffs" and let us know how it's going. It's going strangely.
news
The Amazon Series Sets Romanoffs Adrift
Is it worth the hype? Jennifer Eremeeva, who knows her Russian history and Romanov lore, reviews the first two episodes.
news
Tolstoy, Plums and a Chicken
How to make use of the sweet harvest and get a quick dinner on the table, via Georgia and Jennifer Eremeeva, with honorable mention to Leo Tolstoy.
news
The Dacha Diaries: Rock Star Chicken Shashlik
The last weekend before school begins is sacred. Heat up the grill, pull a few bottles out of your refrigerator and prepare for shashlik bliss.
Alcohol
Russia and Vodka: A History Primer
Before you pour your ritual Friday evening shot of cold vodka, read this. There's more to Russia's favorite spirit than you think!
news
The Dacha Diaries: At the Grill
What do Russians do at the dacha all weekend? They make a feast. Here's a primer on shashlik, aka kabobs, Russian style.
St. Petersburg
A Taste of St. Petersburg: Herring and New Potato Salad Recipe
This classic recipe includes northern Russia's premier players: sour cream, herring, and new potatoes, the jewels of the short northern growing season...
Recipes
Spring Borshch: Cooks, Shoots, and Leaves
Expand your borshch vocabulary and repertory with pink or green spring borshch. P.S. Cheat sheet attached.
news
A Russian Easter Feast
The traditional Russian calendar's most famous feast, explained, updated, and made even more delicious.
news
An #Instafab International Women’s Day
A meal fit for your favorite great women. Don your aprons and get started!
Recipes
Celebrating Men’s Day in the #MeToo Era
It's Defender of the Homeland Day! Let's get cooking!
news
A Dutiful Daughter-in-Law’s Maslenitsa Party
Break out your crepe pan! It’s Maslenitsa, Russia’s raucous and riotous Shrovetide!
Recipes
Russian Vodka Day
Almost every day is a holiday in Russia. Today is Vodka Day. Best. Holiday. Ever
news
The Russian New Year’s Eve Menu, Reimagined
Can an American wife and a Russian husband find culinary happiness on New Year's Eve in Moscow? Yes, they can. And you can, too.
news
Moscow's Culinary Renaissance
Moscow food scene has expanded dramatically over the past decade
opinion
Jennifer Eremeeva
Sanctions Put Moscow's Foodies in a Tight Spot
I find President Vladimir Putin annoying at the best of times, but this month my distaste has blossomed into unbridled loathing.