It’s easiest to kick off a diet (or “detox,” as we like to call them now), after a period of gluttonous, wanton indulgence. When you can physically feel the fat and salt and sugar oozing through your veins and out your pores, you are more likely to be able to resist the temptation to stuff [...]
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Orthodox Lent, Pre-Revolutionary Russian Vegan Dishes, and the Uses of Cannabis Oil
Posted in breakfast, cooking, nutrition, Russia, tagged Classic Cooking of Russia, Elena Molokhovets, old Russian cookbook, Russian vegan on February 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
From Paris to Kyiv, Fromage to Fatback
Posted in nutrition, travel, Ukraine, tagged Kyiv, lard, salo, Ukrainian food on December 11, 2011 | 2 Comments »
After my one-day foray in Paris, I traveled on to Kyiv, Ukraine for a week of work and a weekend of gallivanting from restaurant to market to café with a close friend who came from Russia to visit. I was struck by how much Kyiv reminded me of Russia: the same scent of frost [...]
