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Don Cuisine
Once during the 300-year Romanov dynasty Tsar Nicholas II decided to take stock of his possessions. This decision brought him to the Cossack village of Elizavetinskaya, the largest fishing village on the Don River at the time. There residents invited the tsar to try a fish soup, called “ukha.” A week after the tsar had left, the man who had prepared the soup, Vasily Kedrov, received a parcel with a gold medal inside thanking him for his military service. At first he was surprised to have received such an award, but remembering the tsar’s visit and how much he had enjoyed his meal, he realized that the real reason for the gold medal was not his military service, but in fact his delicious soup. Nowadays there are still a great number of fish recipes in Rostov-on-Don. RTG TV host Stanislav Salnikov travelled there where he learned how to cook sturgeon in sparkling wine and, to his surpri...
THE GEOGRAPHY OF TASTE. CHOCOLATE PLUM CAKE WITH WATERMELON SAUCE
Summer and early autumn is the favourite time of year for many people. Melon season! Pavilions on the street and store produce sections lure customers with mountainous displays of these juicy, sweet fruits. Vladimir Pavlov suggests that we look at this melon abundance with gastronomic eyes. For example, RTG’s chef and host is going to prepare a unique watermelon sauce, which will become a vibrant addition to a velvety chocolate plum cake! On The Geography of Taste. Only on Russian Travel Guide.
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THE GEOGRAPHY OF TASTE. CHOCOLATE PLUM CAKE WITH WATERMELON SAUCE
St. John the forerunner church
For almost 250 years the Orthodox Cathedral of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist has stood on one of the islands of the Neva delta in St. Petersburg. The elegant church on Kamenny Island is reminiscent of the gothic style with its pointed arched windows, doors and bell tower, along with its open-style brickwork. Such architecture is untypical for St. Petersburg churches, nevertheless the church’s appearance is heavily associated with the personality of the founder of the city itself, Peter the First. In the past, many of the parishioners of this church were those considered arbiters of the fate of the Fatherland such as famous Russian poet and playwright Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin and respected and undefeated commander Alexander Sergeevich Suvorov. The cathedral also shares its history with who is perhaps Russia’s most revered and beloved poet, Alexander Sergeevich Pus...
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