A friend of mine—a genuine gourmand—recently departed DC for a long-term work assignment in Bucharest, Romania. She bequeathed the contents of her freezer, pantry, and liquor cabinet to lucky me, who became the proud steward of a bison steak, a pound of ground venison, mango chutney, Minnesota wild rice, assorted spice rubs, 3 bottles of [...]
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Coming Home to a Place You’ve Never Been, and Other Surprises of the Post-Soviet Kitchen
Posted in kitchens, Russia, travel, Ukraine, tagged post-Soviet kitchen, Russian cooking, surprise on February 3, 2012 | 1 Comment »
How to Render Lard and What to Do With It
Posted in cooking, try this, Ukraine, tagged lard, rendering on December 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
After returning from Ukraine, you’d think I would have had enough lard to last the rest of the year, and indeed, there were a few days not long after I got back when all I craved all day was miso soup and grapefruit. But I had two packages of leaf lard (the creamy pink [...]
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 [...]
