Russia

Sperm Dumplings

Diet to date: things on menus with pictures + things so short I can pronounce them. ( e.g. a particular kind of hot dog that has crispy stuff and gerkins balanced precariously on the top) Today’s run in with the food police involved a gargantuan struggle with a ‘no pictures’ cafe menu looking for any […]

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Big Blini

Challenge of the day: Find the world’s biggest blini, the Kremlin, and a ticket to Irkutsk. To infinity and beyond So there I was on Thursday night, wandering past these preparations for a festival near Red Square. There was a large video screen and it looked like they were getting things set up in the

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