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 ...

This is hands down the most scrumptious and undeservedly forgotten recipe for pancakes made with filling, a.k.a. Russian blini with “pripek”. Shrovetide, or just “pancake week”, is an annual event ...

Russian pancakes, known as ‘blini’, are absolutely essential during Maslenitsa – the so-called “pancake week” before the austere period of Lent. Here is one of the most authentic recipes that you need ...

Teremok is a popular Russian fast food chain specializing in blini — crepes filled with sweet or savory fillings. Founded in 1999, there are now 175 units in Russia. And in early 2016, the first ...

At any of the 62 cheerful, modern, orange-and-red Teremok restaurants or 70 Teremok kiosks in St. Petersburg and Moscow–which provide an equally cheerful customer experience–teenagers in red uniforms ...

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 ...

Russian blini are an excellent option if you're looking to class up your brunch routine. Typically served with sour cream and caviar in between shots of vodka, blini may look like silver dollar ...

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, ...

Rosy-cheeked Nicole Monnier was angling around her tight kitchen like a Moscow juggler, alternately swirling thin batter in the center of four frying pans. After she gently flipped the golden blini ...

PSKOV, Russia — Fat, round and pagan. For Russians, it's that time of year, and here in Pskov they're not going to let anyone else outdo them. This is Butter Week, and this is when Pskov stakes its ...