January – and the winter months in general – are a great time to master the hearty Russian recipes for all kinds of pirogi.

For several generations of Russians, few things signal Christmas and New Year’s better than tangerines. So we offer a delicious holiday cake built around this fruit.

A perfect recipe for fall, apple fritters, is offered with two variants.

A beet-based cold soup to spice up your summer soirees...

А фestive Napoleon Cake that is plenty complex to offer lots of stress baking relief.

Ah, spring, when nature wakes from its winter slumber, and the farmers markets come alive with fresh greens like spinach, sorrel, and green onions.

January 7 is Russian Orthodox Christmas, which calls for a Christmas dish. But the chosen one, kutya, is much more than a winter holiday treat.

Since the return of cooler weather again permits the use of ovens, let’s talk about cakes.

Mushrooms have always been a part of the Russian diet, going back to ancient times,

Some off-the-cuff dacha recipes for you (summer seems like too relaxed a time for exacting recipes).

Paul Robeson, the American singer and actor and a political activist, had a cake named after him in Russia.

This year marks the 235th anniversary of the birth of Antonin Carême, a French chef who left his mark on Russian cuisine in the form of the dessert known in Russia as sharlotka and everywhere else as charlotte Russe.