In a secluded bay on Lake Lovozero, Bear’s Corner camp is where we’ll be getting a taste of real arctic food à la russe.
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From Bear’s Corner camp on Lake Lovozero, a snowmobile tour to see reindeer, do some ice fishing, and visit Lake Seydozero and the giant Kuiva.
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My analysis of the menus of Murmansk’s Arctic cuisine restaurant scene reveals two prominent local shellfish ingredients: scallops and king crab. Hence the inspiration for this dish: scallops baked on the half-shell and served with a crab rice polenta and a simple crab cream sauce.
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A dish inspired by my meal of Arctic cuisine at Tsarskaya Okhota restaurant in Murmansk, My recipe retains all the elements of the original: venison heart, lingonberry sauce, celery root purée, and cooked spelt.
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Thanks to Alexei Navalny’s recent documentary on Putin’s Palace, we now know what Vladimir Putin eats and drinks during Kremlin receptions and for official visits from foreign leaders.
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Reviewing two of Murmansk’s top restaurants for Arctic and Nordic cuisine: Tsarskaya Okhota and Tundra, both members of the sprawling Restaurant Syndicate.
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Discover the history of Murmansk and the Kola Peninsula. Plus a monument to codfish, reindeer races, and some colorful coats of arms.
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Looking for a Siberian/Arctic restaurant that serves 25 different dishes with deer, 11 with scallops, or 8 with porcini? Try Expeditsia in Moscow!
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Happy holidays! Here’s a selection of my best holiday recipes and my most popular recipes of 2020.
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A Russian-ish holiday game recipe, inspired by two entries from The Derrydale Game Cookbook, and a short biography of Louis Pullig De Gouy.