Food of the New East blog series
There’s more to Maslenitsa than blini, writes our food blog curator Katrina Kollagaeva.
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Food of the New East blog series
Katrina Kollegaeva, one half of Rosehip + Rye, introduces our new food blog with a look at the Russian tradition of Maslenitsa.
The soulfulness and symbolism of making and eating food in Russia is what, to this day, many travellers to the region and Russians themselves note. A drinking toast is (almost!) never just a “cheers”, foraging in forests is still part of most people’s lives, not a mere fashion, and, when Russians mark the start of the Lent and spring, they do it for a whole week, with rituals, bare knuckle fist fights and bonfires - all the while gorging themselves on pancakes, of course.
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