Feature: Gluten-Free

A gluten-free diet is a diet that excludes gluten, a protein composite found in wheat and related grains, including barley and rye. Gluten causes health problems in sufferers of celiac disease and some cases of wheat allergy.

Beet and Prune Salad

Cooking Time: 15 min

Vegetables

Perhaps some of my readers are surprised that I am posting well-known recipes of Soviet cuisine. To explain, on the one hand, I want to acquaint my international audience with...

Kateryna Maznikova

26.01.2023

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Eggplant with Tahini and Mint Served Iranian Way

Cooking Time: 15 min

Vegetables

Signature Cuisine

Vienna has a restaurant &flora with a lovely modern interior and a fireplace, fragrant natural wines and great food made from regional products with an oriental touch. The chef here...

Kateryna Maznikova

26.01.2023

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Shrimp Salad

Cooking Time: 15 min

Fish & Seafood

Signature Cuisine

What I have realized, or can even say discovered in Sweden, is the very notion of shrimp salad. Until then, it seemed to me like an exotic rather than a...

Kateryna Maznikova

23.01.2023

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A Danish-style Italian Salad, AKA Italiensk Salat

Cooking Time: 25 min

Vegetables

Danish

In Denmark, they have a salad called Italiensk Salat (Italian salad), considered a relative of the Olivier salad. Maybe so, but I wouldn’t dwell on it. It’s an entirely different...

Kateryna Maznikova

09.01.2023

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Sulz, AKA Austrian Aspic or Meat Jelly

Cooking Time: 25 min

Meat, Poultry & Eggs

There are two great things about this recipe. The first is the convenient and delicious way to use the broth left over from boiling pork knuckles or some other broth....

Kateryna Maznikova

09.01.2023

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Swedish Herring Salad, AKA Sillsallad

Fish & Seafood

Signature Cuisine

Sillsallad translates from Swedish as Herring salad. It is considered to be the ancestor of the Soviet Herring Under a Fur Coat. But let’s not draw parallels but focus on...

Kateryna Maznikova

08.01.2023

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Dutch Hussars’ Salad, AKA Huzarensalade

Cooking Time: 45 min

Meat, Poultry & Eggs

Signature Cuisine

This New Year’s Eve, we stuck to a minimalist gastronomic scenario, namely, with Olivier Salad, Herring Under a Fur Coat and champagne. I caught myself thinking that the strange taste...

Kateryna Maznikova

08.01.2023

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Herring Salad, AKA Herring Under a Fur Coat

Cooking Time: 30 min

Fish & Seafood

Herring Under a Fur Сoat was one of the pillars of the New Year table in the former Soviet Union. For many families, even now, it’s unthinkable to celebrate New...

Kateryna Maznikova

08.01.2023

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Sparkling Wine or Champagne Jelly

Cooking Time: 15 min

Desserts

Signature Cuisine

The first time I tried champagne jelly was at my friend’s house during a visit. She has a large garden in which edible flowers grow. She put some nasturtium flowers...