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Russian Revels celebrate Old New Year’s eve.
And then it turned midnight… the Old and New Year arrived and… they became two. Russian Revels were born. We were to feed you with promiscuous amounts of vodka, stuff your bellies with pickled goodies...
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Russian Revels invite: the ‘Manly’ dinner.
Russian Revels will be celebrating one of the quirkiest holidays in the Russian calendar – The Motherland’s Defenders’ Day. Still an official bank holiday in Russia on 23 February, I’ll have you know…...
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Russian Dacha at the Last Tuesday Society.
Flogging with birch twigs, naked servers, shimmering cabbages and Balkan beats…just a few glimpses of our Russian Dacha mayhem at the last Last Tuesday Society ball… 'Masques are obligatory, clothes is...
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On manly foods and bloody maries.
A strong, powerful, meaty muscle was required for the job. We had a selection on the night…from the Bloody Mary roasts to several up-for-it men arm wrestling. And women who weren’t shy to muscle in!...
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Russian Revels invite: Cosmonaut party.
First I notice a charming little girl, attired in a silvery toga like dress, made out of a foil bag with a helmet signed simply SSSR (USSR). …Then another pretty creature, painted dark, dark blue from...
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Russian Revels at the Global Feast.
They had golden gherkins, pink eggs, drunken cherries and a girl on the table. The tallest, apparently, table in the world. A table of a feast by Atmos. One of the girls on the table. Moi and Russian...
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Russian Revels invite: Anna Karenina dinner.
The pull of riding Karenina’s hype has been overwhelming. What with Keira’s emaciated Anna, Joe Wright’s controversial adaptation of Tolstoy’s eponymous novel and high street craze for things furry and...
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Hearts on toast.
There is something romantic about enjoying pulverised hearts on hot toast for breakfast. The beauty of an ox heart. Hector Lector with his liver and nicccce Chianti (schluuuuup) immediately walks into...
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Russian Revels: The ‘Manly’ Feast.
Last night we ate hearts, bones, and -with eyes – Argentinian tango beauties. Oh, and chasing with a healthy dose of stereotypes. 23 February is a national ‘men’s day’ in Russia, ie the day of the...
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Cake bake-off winners – Napoleon No 10.
Irina is my compatriot. Originally from Kohtla-Yarve, a town in the Eastern part of Estonia that has a very high percentage of ethnic Russians, she came to the UK 14 years ago at the time when many of...
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