enjoying the beginning of spring, even as it lurches from winter to spring and backwards and forwards again until it is summer. The parsley is going to seed, the chervil is lush, the chives have multiplied, the not-long-planted thymes are... Read More

cooking Sher wagyu fillet of beef, in more ways than I imagined I would. What a challenge: what could I do with a whole fillet? These are the dishes I made: beef stroganoff;  Russian-style beef pies (pierogi, or piroshki); stir-fry... Read More