“In Ukraine, we were Jews. In America, we are Russians. But in reality, we are from Ukraine, when it was part of the U.S.S.R.” This is how Marina Yusim describes her pluralistic identity. As someone ...

Nowadays, no matter what our ancestry, our kids want to eat chicken satay as they do in the cafe down the street, our spouses want to serve a pesto as good as the one sampled on vacation in Liguria ...

KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Ukrainian chef Ievgen Klopotenko never expected to find himself at the center of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. But that’s just what happened when the 33-year-old ...

Russia's Soviet days are well behind it, but if you're headed to Sochi for the Winter Olympics, your dining options will still run deep red — as in borscht. Organizers in Sochi expect to serve 70,000 ...

In the dining car at the very end of the train, techno music was pumping as the train rocked its way through the Siberian darkness. The car was half-full of cardboard boxes. At the foot of these boxes ...

Her Ukrainian borscht always turns out excellent – with a hearty mix of meat, beets and cabbage and that signature, deep reddish purple-hued broth that’s cherished by anyone who loves a good bowl of ...

If you hung out in pre-gentrification downtown L.A., circa 1980, you’ll know what I mean. Gorky’s was a warehouse-sized cafe, open 24/7, a glorious Socialist workers commissary crossed with a starving ...

A version of Borscht that might completely change your opinion of this classic Russian beet soup. Often misunderstood, Borscht becomes rich, balanced, and deeply comforting when made right with ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. One Ukrainian mom aiding her country's resistance efforts against Russia's invasion says she has been ...