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 ...

In November, I offered to make blini as an hors d’oeuvre for a Thanksgiving dinner. The hostess liked the idea, and I liked her reason: “They are instant festivity,” she wrote in an e-mail. So they ...

Fall is upon us, and you know what that means: ‘Tis the season for entertaining and fun cocktail parties. It can be exhausting coming up with inventive finger food ideas that aren’t played out, but a ...

Star chef Grant Achatz’s delicate potato blini are no more difficult to make than breakfast pancakes and oh so much better than store-bought. Chef Grant Achatz is one of the most awarded and ...

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 ...

I’ve long been planning a dream Christmas brunch. Our family of adventurous eaters has roots in five countries -- England, France, Russia, Canada and the United States -- and the ideal menu would have ...

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 ...

Not inspired for the aperitif? Here are some toppings that should give you a boost! 9 ideas in total to enhance your blinis and vary the pleasures. And as for difficulty, don't worry, it will all be a ...