The posts feature recipes that we have gathered and created during our travels, including recipes from The Dish and Weekend Eggs posts.
My Russian buckwheat pancakes recipe makes blini with smoked salmon, dill, sour cream, and a ‘caviar’ of gherkin and radish. These are cocktail size blini that are perfect for snacking and entertaining, and while this is a savoury topping you could also spread these little pancakes with homemade jam, fresh fruit, and cream. This Russian … Read more
This Cambodian mee katang recipe makes a delicious Chinese-Cambodian dish of wok-fried wide rice noodles, browned by dark soy sauce, and stir-fried with marinated pork, crunchy carrots and Chinese broccoli, and scrambled eggs. Called ‘mee Kontang’ in Khmer, which means Cantonese noodles, but pronounced ‘mee Katang’, these charred noodles are a cinch to make and … Read more
This Thai omelette recipe makes kai jeow, a crispy, puffy golden-brown Thai omelette cooked in plenty of vegetable oil in a very hot wok. The eggs are fortified by a good dash of fish sauce and the omelette is served on steamed jasmine rice with some Sriracha sauce to spice things up. This crispy, puffy … Read more
Our best Russian pancakes recipe makes blini in the style of French crêpes if you’re looking for a quick and easy pancake recipe for Pancake Day or Shrove Tuesday or if you’re celebrating Maslenitsa or Pancake Week in March, also called Crepe Week or Butter Week, an Eastern Orthodox holiday joyously observed by Russians. One … Read more
Our best Russian recipes make traditional Russian dishes just like my baboushka used to make. They include everything from the Russian and Ukrainian dumplings called pelmeni and vareniki to hearty comforting soups such as borscht and shchi, for which you’ll find countless renditions all over Russia, Ukraine and former countries of the Soviet Union or … Read more