Russian cuisine: borscht, blinis and vodka, right? No way, Ivan! Click to Russian Foods is a handy reminder of the classy cuisine found in that former empire beyond the steppes.
Any gourmet might be happy with a platter of assorted fish the site says is a hit everywhere in the country. It consists a fish called siomga, thinly sliced and accompanied by lemon slices, plus cold smoked sea bass and a lighter sort of trout that is a smaller member of the salmon family.
More well-known, of course, is beef Stroganoff, named after a very rich 18th-Century Russian count named Grigory Stroganove but actually invented from scraped meat by one of his cooks, whose name has long since been lost to history. Russian Foods provides an excellent recipe -- and, perhaps surprisingly, advises serving it with fried potatoes.
Russian Foods has guidance in other areas of the Slavic cuisine, include the nation's various teas (of which its people drink considerably more than vodka) and a range of other recipes -- including, if you must, the beet broth called borscht. The site also will ship its products around the world. And you thought you knew all about Chicken Kiev.
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