Archive for 'Food and Drink'
It Costs More to Make Borsch
I have been a bit addicted this morning with the Agrarian Marketing Project site. This site is a sort of agricultural news and price clearinghouse for those in the food industry in Ukraine and Russia. You have to read Russian or Ukrainian to get the full effect of the site as the English portion is […]
Posted: September 25th, 2007 under Shopping, Kyiv, Food and Drink.
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Kvas Cola
I just heard a story on National Public Radio (out of the US) about Coca-Cola getting into the kvas market. If you click the link you can hear the interview with a Russian journalist talking about the modern kvas industry.
Kvas is made in many Slavic countries and the Baltic states. It is basically fermented from […]
Posted: February 9th, 2007 under Food and Drink, Health.
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The Crimean Wine Archive
In 1894 Tsar Nicholas II decided to build a great winery in the Crimea. Lacking proper storage facilities, local miners were called in to dig three layers of cool, humid cellars. He wanted some vino for his Livadia Palace — fair enough. The resulting winery, Massandra, is pictured below.
As for Tsar Nicholas’ wine tastes the […]
Posted: December 14th, 2006 under Crimea, Food and Drink.
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Ukrainian-Made Vodka
I came across this page on the Ukraine Tourism site that has some nice photos of a Ukrainian still used to make vodka. The site appropriately cautions one about making his/her own vodka and also correctly notes that it is probably not legal. With that said, he goes on to give the recipe for making […]
Posted: December 10th, 2006 under Food and Drink.
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