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Articles by Sarah Crowther

Russian Recipe Redux at Kutuzovskiy 5

Once known primarily for mayonnaise-laden olivier salads and cold jellied meat khododets, in recent years Russian cuisine has been gaining in popularity...

Festival Shows Moscow Is New Foodie Paradise, With Sky-High Prices to Match

To see Moscow's rapid transformation into a foodie haven, one need only look to the very first O, Da! Eda! (Oh Yes, That's Food!) festival held in the...

Recipe: Knish – The Carbohydrate-Laden Jewish Comfort Food

You should think of the knish as Jewish soul food, according to cookbook writer Laura Silver, who spoke about it on Slate magazine's The Gist podcast...

Review: Hidden Delights on the Roof at Jerusalem

There is something very mysterious about Moscow's rooftop restaurants, hidden from view at the top of mammoth hotel buildings or labyrinthine shopping...

3 Perfect Pancakes for Celebrating Russian Maslenitsa

Maslenitsa is a time for revelry and indulgence as Russians steel themselves for roughly 40 days of Lent, when Orthodox Christianity stipulates that...

The Man Who Bought a Chagall for Less Than a Pound of Potatoes

George Costakis must rank as one of the most amazing embassy workers who ever lived. His apartment on Prospekt Vernadadskogo in the south of Moscow...

How to Maximize Your Russian Vacation Time in 2015

Christmas and New Year's may be over, but don't despair — the next public holiday is only a month away. Here is a rundown of Russia's major public...

The 10 Best Places to Spend New Year's Eve in Moscow

Red Square is a popular spot for ringing in the New Year — and rightly so — but it is far from the only option in the Russian capital.

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Christmas Meets Crisis: Cook Your Own Russian Holiday Dinner

Russia's dreary economic forecast shouldn't mean foregoing Christmas entirely—quite the contrary: Russians are famous for their lavish dinner parties...

Pepperstein Wins Kandinsky at Udarnik Ceremony

One of Russia's most celebrated contemporary artists, Pavel Pepperstein, took the prestigious Kandinsky Prize and a prize of 40,000 euros ($50,000)...

Sochi's Biggest Ski Resort Sees New Year's Boom as Ruble Hits Foreign Travel

Sochi's largest ski resort, Rosa Khutor, has hiked the price of holiday ski passes by more than 40 percent as the falling ruble brings an unexpected...

Russian Satirist Takes On Ukraine, Western Powers

Down an alley off Ulitsa Maroseika in central Moscow stands a half-finished glass building with construction debris out front. The building seems an unlikely...

Catch the Kandinsky Prize Nominees at Udarnik

Performance artist Yelena Rikhova and her partner stand on opposite sides of a ping-pong table.

Russia's Greatest Living Architect Brodsky Opens New Exhibit

Alexander Brodsky, who has been called Russia's greatest living architect, does not have any of the self-importance one might associate with such a grand...

Which 5 Russian Executives Have the Highest Paychecks?

Despite rising inflation and a falling ruble, a small percentage of Russians are apparently still doing very well, according to Forbes' latest ranking...

Burns Unit Looks to Concert for Charity

Last spring, Maxim, 14, climbed onto the roof of a moving commuter train in his hometown of Bryansk. As the train swayed he grabbed the electric...

Patriotic Cartoon Exhibition Touts President Putin

Political cartoons are usually satirical, filled with often grotesque caricatures parodying those in power, but that's not what the Young Guard, the youth...

Chinawoman Heads Back to Her Russian Roots

Singer-songwriter Michelle Gurevich, better known by her stage name Chinawoman, is not one for easy stereotypes. Gurevich, born in Canada to Russian...

Russian Women Fight Slowing Economy With Entrepreneurship

As Russia's economy founders, an increasing number of Russian women are taking their financial future by the horns with the decision to launch their...

Crate & Barrel Opens First Store in Russia


High-end U.S. furniture and interior decoration store Crate & Barrel opened its first Russian location last week, amid a sharp economic slowdown and a...