Lara Dunston 
My family’s traditional Russian Ukrainian recipes make an appearance every Orthodox Easter when I can normally be found in our Siem Reap kitchen baking kulich or paska, making cabbage rolls, rolling out dough for pelmeni and vareniki, and preparing my baboushka’s pink beetroot potato salad, while I recollect the family feasts of my childhood. This … Read more
My Russian fried potatoes with mushrooms and bacon recipe for zharenaya kartoshka s gribami makes my take on a comfort food classic my Russian-Ukrainian grandmother often made on a quiet weekend at home. Serve this fried potato dish as part of a shared family meal or as a vegetable side — or tuck into a … Read more
My purple cabbage salad recipe with sweet potato, pomegranate, bacon, walnuts and fresh dill makes a wonderful year-round salad that can be eaten as a warm salad when just cooked or eaten at room temperature. The vibrant salad is full of texture with lots of crunch and pop from the cabbage, walnuts and pomegranate arils, … Read more
Ramadan, the Islamic holy month, began this week when the new crescent moon was first sighted. So we thought we’d re-share our guide to Ramadan and the experience of Ramadan around the world, especially for those of you travelling in Islamic countries during Ramadan over the next month. Ramadan mubarak to those of you observing! … Read more
Our moules frites recipe for Belgian steamed mussels with fries makes Belgium’s national dish and the first thing we’d eat after landing in Brussels, when we’d make a beeline for the seafood bistros in Sainte-Catherine, the former fish market district. We’d order big pots of juicy sweet mussels steamed in a creamy white wine sauce … Read more