This seems to be more an American affliction, and I shan’t name names, but every major American city has their share of chefs who serve kimchi burgers, and XO sauce something or other, and with invariably inedible results. The meal at Whitegrass was beautifully presented, with well-thought...
A Russian,a Cuban,an American businessman and an American lawyer were on a train traveling across England.The Russian took out a large bottle of vodka,gave each of the men a drink and then threw the rest half bottle of vodka out of the window."Why did you do that?" asked the America...
Perfect for winter entertaining, it has a light coffee flavor and a richness that can’t be beat. Coffee ice cream, coffee liqueur, vodka, and milk make one craveable dessert cocktail. Go to Recipe 11. Screaming Orgasm Cocktails often have interesting names, but this one is sure to lea...
A year ago, my blogger friend, Swathi Iyer of Zesty South Indian Kitchen , invited me to be a part of Baking Partners , a baking group which aims to give home bakers like me the chance to learn the techniques in making perfectly baked homemade goodies...Russian Honey Cake Red Russian K...
I tell you, well chilled and on the rocks (the gin, not me) it was a revelation. Tonight, to celebrate another day towards freedom, I’m going to try it straight from the freezer as I would drink a great Russian vodka. I’ve always believed as a journalist that if you want to ...
Termen held his hands to play through the first half of a melody, before leaving the Russian leader to play the second half by himself — apparently he made quite a good job of it. Because of Lenin’s advocacy for his work, Termen was sent around the Soviet Union on a propaganda tour...
We found this absolutely fantastic ”hotel” runned by a Armenian family when heading south towards St Petersburg. Rather basic place BUT clean, great food and very friendly folks! When we got there, around 7 at night a tuesday, there were a bunch of older Russian women (and one guy) dan...
This week we're chasing whiskey with coffee, going to Las Vegas, losing money, messing up names, figuring out street performers on Fremont St., visiting the Mob Museum, getting propositioned by who'res, playing digital craps, putting prisoners on display for money, pondering whether prostitutes...
but I raised my hand and gave our names, and in no time I was dusting off my old blue and white tea set from when I was a foreign exchange student in Moscow. I knew I was right to hang on to those sturdy little dishes. We’ve given our fox Katherine’s old room, where he sle...
2 (a) ~ (at sth) (often used with names of occupations or with ns derived from vs 常与职业名称或动词派生的名词连用) able to perform satisfactorily; competent 表现令人满意的; 有能力的: a good teacher, hairdresser, poet, etc 优秀的教师、 理发 师、诗人等 *| good at mathematics, ...