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21. Fair Trade

One Russian city is taking moonshine off the streets by offering a trade: groceries in exchange for booze.

Tags: food, vodka, alcohol, social issues, government
22. Garnet Bracelet Salad: A Tribute to a Popular Russian Love Story

How a classic romance novel inspired a delicious Russian holiday delight.

Tags: holiday, food, kuprin, literature
23. Lessons From the Russian Village

Life in a remote Siberian village can teach you a lot about adaptability, nature, food, and, most importantly, folklore. 

Tags: Siberia, Irkutsk, stove, domovoi, folklore, cows, dairy, vodka, food, village
24. Compliments to Russia's Chefs

A new ranking shows that 4% of the world's best chefs come from Russia. 

Tags: restaurants, russian food, food, Moscow
25. Great Grechka!

In May, the Russian Federation temporarily banned the export of grechka, also known as buckwheat, from June 5 to August 31.

Tags: russian cuisine, cuisine, buckwheat, national dish, national foods, food, kasha, grechka
26. No Such Thing as a Free Pizza

Pizza-lovers be warned: a new scam in Russia is targeting those with a craving for cheese and pepperoni. 

Tags: food, Internet, scams, fraud, money, phishing, crime
27. Sinfully Good Burgers

A Russian woman is suing McDonald's for producing advertising so effective she gave up on Lent.

Tags: law, food, maslenitsa, lent, Orthodox Church
28. Kvass

Our old gals in the village cast a wary eye on all food from the store, because who knows what they’ve got in there?

Tags: village, food, kvas
29. More than a Cookie

For some 300 years, the residents of Gorodets, near Nizhny Novgorod, have been making a spicy cookie famous throughout the country, and perhaps the world.

Tags: Nizhny Novgorod, food, cookies, pryaniki
30. Dacha Contraband

Grow parsley for the wrong reason and you could land up in jail.

Tags: nature, food, laws, summer, dacha

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