In Soviet Russia, Cucumber Eats YOU!: okay, I can't believe I'm using a question on this, but I've been driven mad by it for years: my dad claims that Russians eat cucumbers in a certain distinctly Russian manner, and that Yul Brynner once ate one that way in a film. Do they? Did he? [more inside]
posted by julthumbscrew on Dec 6, 2012 - 15 answers

Where to eat in Helsinki, St. Petersburg, and Moscow? [more inside]
posted by socks are for puppets on Aug 29, 2012 - 5 answers

A recipe for authentic pirozhki dough? [more inside]
posted by eggyolk on Mar 23, 2011 - 4 answers

Меласса в Москве? [more inside]
posted by Emperor SnooKloze on Nov 12, 2008 - 8 answers

What's good to eat at Russian-immigrant grocery stores and bakeries? [more inside]
posted by Bookhouse on Sep 2, 2008 - 10 answers