The Borscht Wars

Beautiful borscht!  The calling card of Russia: a magnificent purple soup like no other in color and taste;

Farmers' Markets in Moscow

To Market, To Market!

Where to buy fresh ingredients in Moscow?  

Welcome to The Moscovore!

Welcome to The Moscovore! This site is dedicated to exploring, cooking, and celebrating great food in Moscow.

Recent Recipes

 

The Easter Tin Hunt

Easter is just days away — Russian Orthodox’s most holy of holidays.

Dukan Diet Menu Plan
 

The Dukan Diet: A 7-Day “Attack Phase” Menu Plan

How hard is it to follow the Dukan Diet in Moscow?

raw juice cocktails
 

Juice Up This Spring!

You probably have one lurking in your home somewhere.   A little dusty, maybe slightly sticky from your last interaction with it…

Ginger, garlic, chili, and soy sauce
 

Asian Dipping Sauce

Ginger, garlic, chili, and soy sauce team up for a piquant sauce that goes with almost anything!

 

Salmon Ceviche

Lime, chili, and salmon go so well together!  

fat-free chicken drumsticks
 

Mediterranean Chicken Drumsticks

I’m a real fan of drumsticks!

Articles

The Baguette Wars

“Грех жаловаться,” the Russians say, or “it’s a sin to complain.”

Shopping Just Got A Whole Lot Easier!

One day I was trawling the chilly meat section of Metro Cash ...
Navigating Moscow’s Supermarkets

Navigating Moscow’s Supermarkets

From the alphabet of taste to the 7th Continent: a guide to ...

Hot & Sour Soup: A Blast From The Past

Nothing in Moscow comes easy and that is especially true when it ...

For No Eyes Only: Wild Rice Salad

My friend Dee Dee is test-driving Veganism with impressive results. 
apples and cinnamon sticks with apple pie in white dish

Rum Raisin Apple Pie

It’s definitely apple season and that means one thing:  apple pie!  
spinach and leek soup

Green Soup

A staple of the Moscovore household lineup, this soup is flexible, incredibly ...

Roasting Chicken The (Up)right Way

There’s only one way to do a chicken:  standing on its head! ...
pile of orange pumpkins

Nourishing Your Skin as Winter Sets In!

Guest blogger, nutritionist Kerry Martin of The Well Room offers some tips ...
hate to clean fish? Sea bass made easy

Roasted Sea Bass with Pastis on a Fennel Trivet

So, you love fish, but you don’t love to clean them. Fair ...
hearty tomato and meat sauce for pasta with carrots and onions

Ragu Bolognese

What is it about the mouth-watering food of Bologna that makes foreigners ...

What Do You Do About: Chicken Stock?

As far as I am concerned, chicken stock is the elixir of ...

A Deftly Executed Arabesque

Claudia Roden’s latest book on Middle Eastern cuisine is part cookery book, ...

What Do You Do About: Buttermilk?

Welcome to our regular series called “What Do You Do About?”  where ...
oval-shaped metal slow cooker with lid ajar

Slow Cookers 101

Everything eventually gets to Russia, so I was not blown away to ...