A declassified document appeared on the website of the US Central Intelligence Agency - a circular from the chief quartermaster of the USSR, Lieutenant General Vlasov, dated January 16, 1948, containing detailed responsibilities of a cook-instructor of the ground forces in peacetime. The documents contained recipes for borscht and cabbage soup, as well as recommendations...
Famous musicians from the USA, Russia and other countries will take part in the musical pop-punk and klezmer extravaganza “Borsht Ball-2016” (Borsht Ball), which will take place on June 16 in New York. “Borscht Ball” is part of the largest Jewish music festival, KulturfestNYC. Among the participants is Psoy Korolenko, the group...
Only after living for several years far from your native country and being fed up with the local colorful cuisine do you begin to understand that Russian food is not so bad after all, but healthy, tasty and “native”. It is not always possible to buy high-quality Russian products abroad, but...
New York is a huge cosmopolitan metropolis, mixing people from all over the world. New York has it all. Stores selling Russian and Eastern European products are no exception. Russian stores have their loyal fans and ardent opponents. Some people believe that Eastern Europeans are so...
The leader of the American rock group Aerosmith, Steven Tyler, admitted that he has Slavic roots and grew up on Ukrainian borscht. The musician spoke about this at a press conference in Moscow, where the band will perform on September 5 at a concert dedicated to City Day. "My grandmother -…