Food Culture

Food plays a wide role within a culture and society, which helps solidify its place as a powerful component of identity formation. This includes how people relate to food, social customs surrounding food and sharing food, nutritional profiles of national diets, and overviews of specific ingredients.

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January 3, 2020

Coffee in Russia and the USSR: A Caffeinated History

The history of coffee in Russia has long reflected the country’s wider history. Originally a western import brought by Peter the Great, coffee culture has risen and fallen with the country’s revolutions and wars, and with its economic developments and collapses. Today, an increasingly thriving coffee culture can be found across Russia as record amounts […]

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Georgian Nutrition: A Tasty Way to Good Health

Staying Kosher in Irkutsk

Central Asian Evening in Moscow

Podcast: What Makes Georgian Food Georgian?

Guide to Food in Adjara

Pickling Russian Style

Maslenitsa: Student Observations

Buryat Cooking Lesson at Ulus in Irkutsk

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