Curated category
Russian cuisine
- Smetana (dairy product)The word smetana emerges from the common Slavic root sъmętana. This term derives directly from the verb sъmětati, which means to remove or to dump.
- Olivier saladIn the 1860s, a French and Belgian chef named Lucien Olivier created a dish at Moscow's Hermitage restaurant. This establishment stood as one of the city's…