SRAS Russian Cuisine Lecture in English
Welcome to Moscow! Добро пожаловать в Москву!
You have been invited here in preparation for a live streaming lecture “Russian Cuisine”. You’ll be joining Alex, SRAS Peer Tutor. SRAS is excited to bring you to Russia virtually and we hope one day we’ll see you here in person.
Very nice to meet you! Очень рады познакомиться!
Let’s start by letting Alex introduce himself:
So how does this work? Your instructor will let you know when the experience will take place and how to access it. At the designated time, log in and imagine yourself in Moscow!
The experience is in English. During the experience, please consider the following:
- If you can’t hear – let us know – send a chat or speak up;
- If you have a question, don’t be shy – just ask or send it via chat;
- Below are some vocabulary words to help you prepare for the experience.
See you soon! Скоро увидимся!
Cлова для тебя! Words for you!
- кухня – cuisine
- готовить – to cook
- овощи – vegetables
- свекла – beet
- морковь – carrot
- картофель – potato
- птица – poultry
- мясо – meat
- мороженое – ice-cream
- сгущёнка – sweetened condensed milk
- ряженка – baked milk
- сельдь / селёдка – herring
- «Селёдка под шубой» – “Herring under a fur coat” salad
- Салат «Оливье» – “Olivier” salad
Что мы будем делать? What will we do?
We will start with a presentation detailing how the Russian diet first formed and the often abrupt changes it underwent throughout history – particularly in the Soviet and Modern eras.
We will also discuss how this changing diet impacted Russian health but also the formation of Russian society and political culture. We will also discuss, along the way, several traditional Russian foods.
We’re looking forward to seeing you – до встречи!