Culture & Customs

Examination of the history of this Christian tradition, which is in full communion with the Church of Rome.

Where we go in search of true Tatar cuisine. The recipe is for the savory dish, peremech.

A short look at the history of fare aboard the Trans-Siberian railway, with a recipe for pelmeny you can prepare between stops...

Why is it that Russians don't answer email? We explore this conundrum, and whether it has some roots in Russian business or personal culture.

Russians have a special bond with mushrooms that is not paralleled in the West. In this issue, a special recipe for mushroom-stuffed eggs.

Veggie-burgers have a Russian antecedent. We give the recipe, plus some interesting cultural history on cookbooks.

A color-coded map of the US, showing which states have the highest percentage of Russian immigrants.

A recipe for Hot Apple Compote which Tolstoy enjoyed.

The holidays are a time for great music and great sweets. So what better time to enjoy a nutty sweet like these Almond Caramels. We offer not only the recipe, but some interesting history of the most famous holiday musical: The Nutcracker.

On Russia’s western frontier, two cities straddle an international border that is less than 15 years old.

Fish is a staple of the Russian diet. And dried fish - Vyalenaya ryba - occupies a signal position in the fish pantheon. This issue's column looks at the writer Sergei Aksakov's love of fish and offers a wonderful recipe for dried fish.

This island of internal exile dates to the tsarist era. Even Stalin was sent here. And it is still quite difficult to get there or away.