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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Reviewing two of Murmansk’s top restaurants for Arctic and Nordic cuisine: Tsarskaya Okhota and Tundra, both members of the sprawling Restaurant Syndicate.

Discover the history of Murmansk and the Kola Peninsula. Plus a monument to codfish, reindeer races, and some colorful coats of arms.

Looking for a Siberian/Arctic restaurant that serves 25 different dishes with deer, 11 with scallops, or 8 with porcini? Try Expeditsia in Moscow!

Happy holidays! Here’s a selection of my best holiday recipes and my most popular recipes of 2020.

A Russian-ish holiday game recipe, inspired by two entries from The Derrydale Game Cookbook, and a short biography of Louis Pullig De Gouy.