Carved Cucumber Cups filled with Cucumber, Sour Cream and Dill Salad

Apple-cinnamon hand pies are perfect for fall baking: easy to make and great for any meal.

Individual apple cups with bubbles of fruit and berries.

Mama’s chicken and turkey soup with giant meatballs that are juicy, sweet and rich, and smoothing and flavorful broth.

Gourmet Restyle: How to transform regular baked potatoes to a potato-rose bouquet.

Russian stuffed cabbage rolls “Golubtsy” with ground meat and rice in tomato-sour cream sauce.

Traditional Russian spring carrot and egg hand pies

Warm quinoa salad with roasted cauliflower is a wonderful winter-to-spring transition dish

Classic Russian dumplings (pelmeni) with three kinds of meat. Serve hot with sour cream!

Sauerkraut pancakes are easy to make and best served hot with sour cream.

Galushki/halušky – thick and soft noodles or dumplings cooked in water, broth or milk.