Dana Cowin speaks with Bonnie Morales, the chef/owner of Kachka in Portland. From the art of toasting to the intersection between politics and restaurants, Bonnie reveals the many ways that being a child of Belarusian immigrants inspires her work—including the incredible family story that inspired her restaurant’s name. The first-generation...

After interpreting a Yelp review of a famous NYC wholesale bakery, Jessie Kiefer and Sari Kamin invite Natasha Pogrebinsky into the studio to talk about her Long Island City restaurant, Bear. Hear how Natasha and her family escaped Soviet Ukraine to take their traditions to Cleveland, Ohio. Find out how...

Russian expat Olga Massov, left the world of finance to pursue the dream of becoming of a food writer. Her blog sassyradish.com, documents the Americana eats from her New England upbringing to her first collaborative cookbook all about Korean kimchi. Olga's energy and enthusiam has her in the midst of...

With all of the focus on ethnic and regional cooking in the modern food movement, why is Russian cuisine so often neglected in the foodie canon? This week on A Taste of the Past, Linda Pelaccio sits down with Darra Goldstein, Professor of Russian at Williams College. Darra is also...