Russians prepare for Lent by gorging on traditional crepes. MOSCOW -- New Orleans has Mardi Gras. Rio has Carnival. Russia? Pancake Week. Lots and lots of pancakes, for a week. Pancakes with jam, ...

Soft, fluffy rounds make mini pancakes like blinis a favorite for home cooks craving simple, elegant snacks. Every time a ...

We love serving lemon ricotta pancakes for breakfast because of their light, fluffy texture. The lemon juice helps offset the usual sweetness that you get from a large stack of pancakes drizzled with ...

Every time I make these puffy little pancakes, I remember the first time I tasted them. I was sitting, looking out over Honk Kong Harbor from the top of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, in the only ...

Well, it depends who you’re asking. If you’re talking to a Russian, then blini are thin, crepe-like pancakes often made with buckwheat. They’re eaten with sour cream or cottage cheese or butter or ...

The holiday party season is just around the corner, and I am already thinking about recipes for entertaining. These Simply Savory Blinis are delightful little finger foods that are easy to make, ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. Pancake, pikelet or crepe – many countries can stake a partial claim to the global pancake empire. But wherever you're from and whatever ...

thin French crepes filled with chocolate sauce and topped with hazelnuts - Mizina/Getty Images Flatbreads must be a universal culinary creation, or something close to it. Just thinking about the ...

Watching the Oscars, like the Super Bowl, has become almost an unofficial holiday, an occasion when tens of millions of us get together for an old-fashioned TV viewing party, complete with abundant ...

If you haven’t thought about blini lately, please may we have your full attention? Let’s say you have some caviar, and let’s say that caviar is not triple O beluga or something just as good. (If you ...

According to Alice Waters in the “Chez Panisse Menu Cookbook,” whenever legendary chef Jeremiah Tower made blini at Chez Panisse, he’d recount how his Russian uncle felt about butter. You had enough ...

1 skin-on, whole salmon fillet (about 2 1/2 lbs.) 1. For the gravlax: Combine dill, salt, pepper, and sugar in a small bowl and stir together. Remove any bones from the salmon with tweezers or small ...