Tea drinking at Anton Chekhov’s “Party”
The tables were already laid under the trees; the samovars were smoking, and Vassily and Grigory, in their swallow-tails and white knitted gloves, were already busy with the tea-things. On the other...
View ArticleA Russian Pie from “Oblomov” by Ivan Goncharov
…But her chief care was the kitchen and the dinner. Concerning the latter she consulted the entire household, including the aged aunt. Each member of the family proposed a special dish, and the sum of...
View ArticleAsian wedding with “Hero in Our Time” of Lermontov
“Once the old prince himself came over to invite us to a wedding. He was giving away his elder daughter and since we were kunaks [blood brothers] there was no way to say no, of course, Tatar or not. So...
View ArticleCook’s wedding
Grisha, a fat, solemn little person of seven, was standing by the kitchen door listening and peeping through the keyhole. In the kitchen something extraordinary, and in his opinion never seen before,...
View ArticleA Poem About a Hungry Man
…A few looks are exchanged. “Shall we start? Whose turn is it today?” “Mine.” “Not at all. Yours was the day before yesterday. You talked about macaroni with minced beef.” “That was Ilya Petrovich who...
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