Recipes from Other Generations

Old family and regional dishes. No shortcuts, no modern spin. Just the recipe as it was made.

42 recipes

Apple Pie

Soft, airy, and built from almost nothing, this apple pie delivers more than its short ingredient list suggests. The cru…

Aunt Marusya's Easter Bread

Aunt Marusya's Easter Bread bakes up soft, rich, and deeply fragrant, a buttery kulich with a tender crumb that holds to…

Beer Fish Pie

Beer Fish Pie pairs a flaky butter crust with a layered filling of rice, fish, and egg, savory, sturdy, and just as good…

Bird's Milk Cake

Bird's Milk Cake layers soft cocoa sponge with a light semolina cream for a slice that is rich, airy, and even better af…

Blini

Thin, soft, and lightly golden, these blini are made for stacking, filling, and eating warm throughout the day. They sta…

Chebureki

Chebureki are crisp, blistered meat turnovers with a thin dough that stays tender inside its golden shell, fried fast an…

Chicken Rolls with Mushrooms

Chicken Rolls with Mushrooms steam up light, juicy, and quietly satisfying, tender pounded fillets wrapped around a savo…

Chilled Fruit Dessert

This chilled fruit dessert blends soft fruit puree, bright fresh fruit, and a little crunch into a spoonable finish that…

Chocolate Cake

This chocolate cake bakes soft and rich, then gets finished with a simple glossy glaze and a sweet condensed milk fillin…

Chocolate Prince Cake

Chocolate Prince Cake is a soft, deep-flavored cocoa sponge filled with a smooth caramel cream, rich enough to impress,…

Classic Biscuit Custard Roll

Light, soft, and filled with pastry cream, this sponge roll takes 10 minutes to bake and comes together before it cools.…

Classic Eclairs with Walnut Cream

Hollow, crisp-shelled, and filled with a dense walnut cream, these eclairs are a step above the café version. The shells…

Condensed Milk Yeast Cake

Dense, golden, and rich from condensed milk, this cake sits somewhere between a pound cake and a brioche. The whipped eg…

Cottage Cheese Fritters

Golden outside and soft in the center, these cottage cheese fritters stay tender from the dough and rich from the melted…

Curly Pinscher Cake

Curly Pinscher Cake layers soft vanilla and cocoa sponge with sour cream and fresh fruit into a mound that is rich, cool…

English Cake

English Cake bakes up tender and fragrant, packed with sweet prunes, warm cinnamon, and a crunch of walnuts in every sli…

Fish and Egg Stuffed Tomatoes

Cold, creamy, and built for a make-ahead table, these fish and egg stuffed tomatoes balance juicy tomato, savory fish, h…

Folded Curd Sugar Biscuits

Crisp-edged, flaky, and sweet on the outside, these biscuits get their layers from cold butter and farmer's cheese worki…

Lazy Housewife Pie

Lazy Housewife Pie bakes up soft, tender, and moist, a quick kefir cake with jam folded right into the batter for an eas…

Mannik Semolina Cake

Mannik Semolina Cake bakes up soft and lightly buttery, with a tender crumb that comes from soaking the semolina in kefi…

Mimosa Salad

Cold, creamy, and built to rest, this Mimosa salad layers tuna, vegetables, and eggs into a soft, sliceable dish with a…

Monastery Hut Cake

Monastery Hut Cake stacks tender pastry tubes filled with tart fruit under a coat of cool sour cream, rich and soft, wit…

Napoleon Cake

This old-fashioned Napoleon layers crisp beer pastry with a soft cooked cream for a slice that turns tender, rich, and e…

No-Bake Corn Puff Cake

This no-bake corn puff cake sets into a buttery, chewy slice with soft toffee and a little crunch from nuts.

Okroshka with Potatoes, Eggs, and Cucumber

Cold, bright, and built for warm weather, this okroshka with potatoes, eggs, and cucumber stays light while still feelin…

Old-School Mayonnaise Shortbread Biscuits

Tender, melt-in-the-mouth, and crisp at the edges, these shortbread cookies use full-fat mayonnaise as the secret ingred…

Pan-Fried Cheese Sandwiches

Pan-Fried Cheese Sandwiches deliver crisp bread and a golden cheese crust that sets in the pan, savory, quick, and espec…

Paska (Easter Pastry)

Paska is a rich Easter pastry that bakes soft and lightly sweet, with sour cream and butter giving it a plush crumb that…

Prague Cake

Prague Cake is a vintage chocolate layer cake that bakes soft and rich, finished with a buttery cocoa cream that makes e…

Prunes with Sour Cream

Prunes with Sour Cream brings together soft prunes, cool sour cream, and walnuts in a simple dessert that feels rich, me…

Raspberry Sour Cream Pie

Raspberry Sour Cream Pie bakes with a soft buttery base and a cool sour cream finish that keeps the fruit bright and bal…

Rogaliki

Rogaliki are simple crescent pastries that bake tender and lightly crisp, with a sturdy dough that wraps neatly around a…

Rustic Apple Sharlotka

Soft, apple-heavy, and barely sweet, this Russian sponge cake is more about the fruit than the batter. The apples sink t…

Ryzhik Cake

Ryzhik Cake is a tender honey layer cake that chills into soft, creamy slices with a mellow caramel note and a gentle fi…

Shortbread Cookies

Shortbread Cookies come together with just three ingredients, butter, sugar, and flour, but good butter makes them melt…

Shuba (Dressed Herring Salad)

Cold, layered, and built to rest, this shuba (dressed herring salad ) brings salty herring, sweet beets, tender potatoes…

Skillet-Molded Oreshki Biscuits

Crisp, walnut-shell-shaped, and filled with thick caramel cream, these little cookies require a special iron mold but th…

Sour Cream Cake

Sour Cream Cake slices soft and rich, with a light cream filling and a simple walnut-raisin finish that makes it feel qu…

Starch-Lightened Drop Cookies (Irina Style)

Soft, delicate, and barely there, these drop cookies practically dissolve on the tongue. Half cornstarch, half flour, th…

Stuffed Peppers

Stuffed Peppers filled with meat and rice simmer in a light tomato-sour cream sauce until soft, savory, and easy to spoo…

Sweet Farmer's Cheese Donuts

Golden, fried, and soft through the middle, these farmer's cheese donuts taste like something between a donut and a pier…

Yubka Cake

Yubka Cake is a soft kefir cake that bakes tender and light, then finishes with a simple sour cream topping that keeps e…