Once known primarily for mayonnaise-laden olivier salads and cold jellied meat khododets, in recent years Russian cuisine has been gaining in popularity — and prestige. So much so, in fact, that what ...

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 capital.

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 last week.

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

Maslenitsa is a time for revelry and indulgence as Russians steel themselves for roughly 40 days of Lent, when Orthodox Christianity stipulates that followers should abstain from meat, fish, dairy products and ...

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 was an Aladdin's Cave of avant-garde art, ...

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 holidays and ideas on ...

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.

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

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