Michele A. Berdy
@MicheleBerdy
Writer and translator, @MoscowTimes contributor, once a long-time Moscow resident. All opinions mine. Connect with me here: https://michele-a-berdy.ck.page/2
Your #morningcalm from Riga appears to be a house enclosed by another house by someone who likes triangles.
Anyone out there eat duck eggs? In Russia they are generally not allowed in public eateries (salmonella risk), but #IntheKitchern Olga Syutkin tried them in a cake recipe and couldn't believe the result. Read all about it here: patreon.com/posts/13491340…
Your #morningcalm from Riga is Dome Square on a typical (this summer) exciting weather day.
Your #morningcalm from Riga is… yes, I know you’re bored and tired of looking at this forecast. But imagine how bored and tired we are!
Your #morningcalm from Riga is the cool 60s-vibe clock tower in front of the Central Train Station.
Today #inthekitchen Olga and Pavel Syutkin serve up a surprising and amusing tale of cheese in Russia... or rather the absence of cheese in Russia. Enjoy:) patreon.com/posts/13463636…
Your #morningcalm from Riga is a view from St Peter’s spire of former airplane hangers that are now the central market, the Soviet-built Academy of Sciences building and TV tower in the distance across the Daugava.
Your #morningcalm in Riga is a translation poster of fan-speak from the Fashion Museum.
Your #morningcalm from Riga is a chimney sweep and couple of cats on a rooftop. #alwayslookup
Your #morningcalm from a Riga is from Sunday when the Youth Song and Dance fest was over, tens of thousands of performers paraded through the city - and I captured a star.
Your #eveningcalm from Riga is the sun setting over a little house and a cheerful garden.
Here's a recipe for your lager-loving family: beer soup. With sour cream. Really. Olga and Pavel Syutkin describe how it went from from palaces to cheap eateries - and why it disappeared in Soviet years. #Inthekitchen! patreon.com/posts/13441107…
Your #morningcalm from Riga is three houses waking up.
Your #morningcalm from Riga is the birdhouse tree in the center of the city.
Your #morningcalm from Riga is a pretty little winding street in the Old Town.
Salt was an essential - but very expensive - product in ancient kitchens of Rus, used to preserve food and make bland grains palatable. No wonder containers to hold salt were so lovingly decorated. #Inthekitchen with the Syutkins. patreon.com/posts/13416880…
Your #morningcalm from Riga is a two-family summer house with competing decorative visions.
Your #morningcalm from Riga is the Freedom Monument on a cloudy-sunny day.
In Riga today was the last day of the youth song and dance festival, and the streets were full of parading, singing, dancing kids. These two women looked like they were having a great time.
