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Bread is the Staff of Life Many Christian holidays (Christmas, Maslenitsa, Easter, etc.) are associated with the tradition of baking. We like baked goods because they taste good, smell homey, and look enticing. The aroma of freshly baked breads fills the house with warmth and brightens up the atmosphere. No wonder people say: «It is not the outward appearance or splendor that makes a house nice, but the hospitable hosts.» It is difficult to imagine any tea party without a variety of stuffed buns, cakes, or cookies.

Yet doctors and nutritionists often advise to cut down on bread in your diet because of its high caloric value and impact on health. Today, people are not sure whether to adopt the age-old viewpoint or the experts’ suggestions.

First and foremost, people blame excessive weight on bread. But it is only true for those who overeat and lead a sedentary lifestyle. Our ancestors engaged in a physically hard work and thus could enjoy eating bread both on holidays and during weekdays without considering the consequences. The baked goods had to be tasty and to quickly and efficiently satisfy hunger.

For sure, those who suffer from certain health conditions (e.g. diabetes, disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, etc.) have to cut down on bread or eliminate it

entirely from their diet. On the other hand, bread can be quite beneficial for a healthy person.

An irrefutable fact is that the vegetable fibers contained in bread are good for your health. Bread brings quick satiation and makes you forget about hunger for a long time. Foods made of flour stimulate digestion, normalize bile acid production, and are rich in valuable nutrients, such as vitamins B. For example, vitamin B1 (thiamine), which is also called «vitamin of optimism» and is found in grain, keeps people in a good mood and facilitates functions of the nervous system. Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) keeps your skin young. Vitamin PP (niacin) is essential for good brain and heart function. Owing to butter and eggs that we add to the dough, bread and buns are rich in vitamins A and E, which, in turn, are beneficial for the eyesight and skin.

Carbohydrates, which sometimes make up to 50% of baked goods, are the main source

of energy needed to fuel us every day. Proteins and fats found in bread are also necessary for proper body functioning. Moreover, bread also contains magnesium, calcium, potassium, phosphorus, ferrum, and other micronutrients. This complex of substances boosts our immune system, produces energy, increases mental activity, and helps to prevent blood clotting.

There are numerous kinds of baked goods and recipes. The ingredients can vary significantly and so will the nutritional value and health benefits.

Unleavened dough is considered to be the most

nutritious and healthy. Dough made of unbleached coarse-grained wheat flour and water contains the most vegetable fiber, protein, and vitamins. For those on a diet there is unleavened dough made of corn flour. It produces a positive effect on the intestinal microflora, blood vessels, and regulates the cholesterol level. Dough made of rye flour contains lysine, which is good for people suffering from anemia, gastrointestinal tract disorders, and even diabetes.

Some nutritionists suggest eating bread made of a hop leaven.

It contains essential fatty acids,

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carbohydrates, vegetable fiber, and a large complex of minerals and vitamins. Experts also positively evaluate properties of pancake dough made of skim milk, coarsegrained flour, oat flakes that are valued for their high fiber content, and eggs that are rich in proteins and vitamins.

Yeast dough is the most controversial. Some experts believe that yeast suppresses good microflora

in the body. Others suggest that yeast cannot get to the stomach alive, since it dies at a temperature just above 50 degrees Celsius (i.e., during the process of baking). Yeast can cause harm only due to problems with the gastrointestinal tract or due to individual intolerance.

Furthermore, yeast is valuable not only for its ability to raise dough. It is also rich in protein, amino acids, essential fatty acids, the vitamin B

complex, and a variety of macro and micronutrients.

Easter breads, which are called «paskha» or «paska» in the south of Russia and in Ukraine, of course, cannot be called dietary. Such breads are made of white wheat flour and a lot of other nutritious ingredients: milk, butter, eggs, sugar, raisins or other dried fruit. But even this delicious high-calorie bread can be healthy if made of fresh high-quality

ingredients, without chemical supplements and preservatives.

Moderation is the essential rule of thumb in bread consumption.

Eating nothing but buns will, of course, do no good. But eliminating baked goods from a diet of a healthy and active person is unlikely to be justified. A rich and balanced diet is the key to being healthy and having a good mood!

Text by Olga SINIUGINA

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Easter: Culinary Traditions around the World In many countries around the world, Easter holidays are marked with a loud and fun celebration.

Moreover, celebrations are not limited to going to a church service. Some peoples, for example Nigerians, organize colorful Easter carnivals. A significant part of the celebration is preserving Easter culinary traditions, which are very diverse.

In Russia, there is a tradition to serve special Easter dishes on the feast days. These include kulich (Easter bread), cottage cheese paskha, and painted Easter eggs. Easter eggs is the first animal product that people consume after fasting during the Holy Week. Cooking Easter meals unites all family members who await the holiday. This is also an integral part of Easter traditions and involves not only adults but children as well. Children, for example, like painting Easter eggs. To knead dough and bake good kulich one must be skillful, thus the older generation of women shares its experience with young girls on how to bake this bread. On Easter day, people bring their Easter cakes and eggs to church where food is blessed during the service.

After that, the whole family gathers at a festive table at which not only traditional Easter dishes are served, but also favorite treats of all guests.

In Ukraine, there is a custom to begin the celebration with eating a painted Easter egg called pysanka. Ever since ancient times Slavs have believed that the egg symbolizes the beginning of a new life. In Christianity, Easter eggs have become a symbol of the Resurrection of Christ.

After eating a blessed egg people taste E a s t e r cakes and other dishes that they cooked for the holiday.

An interesting fact is that in the past it was rare to serve hot meals. This was because women used to attend

nightlong church services and so cooked all festive dishes in advance. This way their family members and guests could eat immediately upon their return from the church. For this reason, in many Ukrainian villages people used to serve aspic, salceson, homemade sausage, or stuffed goose.

In Poland, people celebrate Easter for two days by setting a rich table and organizing special celebrations. Poles have great respect for their ancestors. That’s why the whole family, including infants and elderly people, always gets together for an Easter meal. However, the central place on the table occupies not kulich, but Easter babka, which is also made from leavened dough. Poles also serve some other traditional Easter dishes, including white sausages, rye soup, poppy-seed roulade, and cheesecake. The day after Easter is called Wet Monday. On that day boys splash girls with water in a display of affection. Girls joyfully run away from the boys. This tradition is also widely spread in western Ukraine.

In England, similar to many other countries, there is a tradition of treating people to Easter eggs.

However, here ordinary boiled eggs are substituted for chocolate eggs with chocolate caramel filling.

For English people Easter is actually a “sweet day.”

They exchange presents, usually candy, cookies, and other sweet treats. The start of a new life is symbolized by some new clothes that the English wear for the occasion. This tradition is cherished even by her Majesty the Queen of England.

In Germany, Easter traditions are closely related to a well-known symbol of the holiday – a rabbit. It is here that the cute

character known far beyond the borders of the country originates. Parents prepare a special gift for their children – a basket with Easter eggs and other sweet stuff, which they hide somewhere in the house on the eve of the holiday. In the morning, parents ask their children to «find sweet treats that the rabbit has hidden.»

In Austria, Easter celebrations begin at 3 p.m. sharp. Upon coming home from Mass, people gather at the table and give each other Easter rabbits that can be in the form of buns, chocolates, or stuffed toys, and Easter eggs – either boiled, chocolate, or wooden. It is notable that in Austria people don’t paint boiled eggs red but only green, which symbolizes spring and hope.

In France, culinary traditions of celebrating Easter, in general, are similar to the customs of other countries. However, the main dish on the table, the highlight of the evening, so to say, is a roasted chicken. The symbol of the holiday, the ringing of which is heard throughout the country, is the Easter

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Bell. The bell symbolizes the continuation of life and joy.

In Italy, people traditionally have Easter breakfast in a family circle. Eggs, cottage cheese kuliches, and Casatiello (Neapolitan Easter pie made of eggs, cheese, and sausage) prevail over other dishes. Easter dinner in this country would be incomplete without roasted lamb or roasted goat’s flesh. Italian culinary traditions vary from region to region. For example, in Lazio the main Easter dish is roasted lamb with giblets, whereas the traditional dish in Friuli is Trieste-style sweet flatbread. As for the spiritual component of the holiday, residents and visitors of Rome can attend the Mass held by the Pope himself.

In the USA, a multicultural country, Easter entertainment and dishes can considerably vary

from family to family. However, most Americans eat ham, potatoes, fruit salad, and vegetables on Easter day. People decorate tables with flowers, and what’s more, the Easter symbol here is a lily. A favorite traditional Easter tradition of the Americans is rolling eggs down grassy slopes.

The largest Easter egg-rolling competition is held on the lawn of the White House.

In Australia, people like to celebrate Easter outside by the water. It is believed that on this day the air is particularly fresh and the water acquires healing powers. The main Easter dish

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for Australians is roasted lamb or chicken, and as a dessert they prefer meringue cake decorated with fruit. The symbol of the holiday in Australia is not a well-known rabbit but a cute local animal – a bilby.

In different countries traditions of celebrating Easter can vary, but there is always one thing that they have in common: the tradition of gathering at a table with loved ones in order to enjoy a delicious meals after a long Lent, to celebrate the arrival of spring, warmth, the awakening of nature, and the beginning of a new stage of life.

Text by Olga SINYUGINA

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6 | History

April 1st

April Fools’ Day Birthday of the Korchma in Odintsovo

April 2nd

Children’s Day

April 3rd

Birthday of the Korchma on Velozavodskaya St.

April 5th Cheese Day

April 7th

World Health Day

April 8th

Women’s Day

April 9th

Day of Victory

April 10th Borscht Day

April 11th Friends Day

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Between Heaven and Hell: The Mysterious Life of Mykola Gogol «I Am A Mystery to Everyone...»

Easter April 12th

Photography Day Cosmonautics Day

April 13th Kindness Day

April 14th Varenyky Day

April 15th Father’s Day

April 16th

Easter – The Resurrection of Jesus Christ

April 19th

Birthday of the Korchma in Kyiv

April 20th Chess Day Cake Day

April 21st Pancake Day Cossack’s Day

April 22nd Water Day

April 23rd Men’s Day

April 24th

Mother’s Day President’s Day

April 29th Salo Day

April 30th Charity Day

There is probably no other more mysterious writer in Russian literature than Mykola Gogol. His heritage consists оf dozens of immortal short stories and phrases that have long been famous. No less interesting than his literary works is his biography as Gogol is remembered as one of the most mysterious writers in the world. The author of The Viy constantly heard voices, which used to tell him horror stories from the other world. The writer had prophetic dreams that came true with inconceivable accuracy. He also believed in the existence of witches and vampires and was terrified of being buried alive... Particularly, a lot of controversies arose over his death. According to one hypothesis, Mykola Gogol was buried alive in a state of lethargy. According to another, he lost his mind and died after meeting with a devil.

April 1st marks the anniversary of the writer’s birth. So we’ve decided to share with you the most interesting facts about the mysterious writer.

Mykola Gogol was born in the village Velyki Sorochyntsi, but he and his parents often visited Dykanka – an urban settlement 30 kilometers outside of Poltava. At that time, there were two churches: the Holy Trinity Church and the St. Nicholas Church.

Some say that the former was described in Gogol’s book The Night Before Christmas, and the latter is believed to be the place where all the mysticism that pursued him throughout his life began.

The fact is that before Mykola Gogol was born, his parents’ children used to die.

The first two died immediately after birth. Because of this, his mother believed that their family was cursed. Before the birth of her boy, someone advised her to pray to the icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in honor of whom the

church was named. His mother heeded the advice and soon she gave birth to a boy who was named Mykola – a Ukrainian variant of Nicholas. He was the third child, but the first and only boy in their family. Is this not proof that supernatural powers do exist?

From his mother, Gogol inherited a God-fearing religious commitment. She often scared him with the Final Judgment, thoughts of which haunted him his entire life. It is no wonder that from an early age he believed not only in God, but in evil spirits as well. For example, when Mykola was five years old and was left at home alone, he drowned a black cat in a pond. Here is how he explained his behavior to his parents: «I thought that if the cat would die, there would be fewer supernatural spirits in the world...»

Later, Gogol depicted a similar case in his story May

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Night, or The Drowned Maiden in which the stepmother turns into a black cat and tries to strangle the captain’s daughter. The writer confessed, «I will never forget her stretching and following me. The cat set her soft paws on the floor. Her green eyes sparkled with some evil light. I was gripped by fear. I climbed up the couch and pressed myself against the wall.» «‘Kitty-kitty,’ I mumbled to comfort myself a bit, jumped from the couch, grabbed the cat, which gladly gave herself up to me and ran out to the garden. I hurled the cat into the pond and several times when she was trying to get out of the water I pushed her back with a stick.

I was shivering with fear and experiencing some kind of content. It was my sweet revenge for she scared me.»

Gogol described some of his other mystical experiences in his The Old World Landowners.

He said, «No doubt everyone has once heard some voices, which were calling their names.

Commoners believe such voices belong to wandering souls that are in search of other people. After someone hears such a voice, their death is imminent. I must confess that I have always heard that mysterious call.»

Perhaps the most mystical of all of Gogol’s works is The Viy story. Unlike The Lost Letter and The Night Before Christmas in which all evil characters are funny, in The Viy we meet real evil. No wonder that the film based on the novel is considered to be the first horror film in the Soviet Union. In more recent times, filmmakers made use of Gogol’s works, too. In 2014, a new, 3D‒format movie called The Viy directed by Oleg Stepchenko was released in Russia.

Gogol claimed that the plot of the story comes from folklore that he had once heard and recorded without changing a single word.

Notwithstanding, researchers have yet to find a single sample of folklore similar to that found in Gogol’s story. So, the frightening story about the Viy and the witch that arose from the coffin is likely a fruit of the writer’s imagination.

Like his father, Mykola Gogol used to hear some strange voices and also suffered from nervous disorders after which he fell into a severe depression. The writer was always afraid of being buried alive. Because of this, the last eleven years of his life he slept in a sitting

position. In his will, he forbid his body from being buried until there were visible signs of decay on it.

The destruction of the second volume of Dead Souls is also explained by the writer’s mysticism. Gogol burned it in the evening of February 11, 1852. The next day he told his friends that he had done so to obey the order of an evil spirit... It should be noted that about a month before that the writer started suffering from inexplicable death anxiety. He had to give up writing and spent every night fervently praying.

After the destruction of the manuscript, Gogol didn’t live long. He died on February 21.

However, there was no less mysticism even after his death. During his reburial, it was discovered that his skull was missing from the coffin and the skeleton was turned over.

According to Professor Volodymyr Lidin of the Institute of Literature, the skull was stolen from the grave in 1909. Allegedly, this was done by monks who were persuaded by the patron and founder of the Theater Institute, Oleksiy Bakhrushyn, who later included the writer’s skull in his collection.

Interestingly, another famous author and a real admirer of Gogol’s writings, Mikhail Bulgakov, used rumors about Gogol’s remains in his own works. His book The Master and Margarita contains an episode about a stolen head of the MASSOLIT’s (the fictional literary union) chairperson – Mikhail Berlioz whose head was cut off by the tram in the Patriarch’s Ponds neighborhood.

Text by Stepan HRYTSYUK

This day is neither included in the calendar of important dates nor is it a public holiday. Nevertheless, it is not only internationally celebrated but also one of the favorite days of the year. Indeed, the tradition of playing pranks on family members and friends on April 1st is widespread not only in Slavic countries, but also in England, Germany, France, and many other countries.

The wittier the prank is, the more probable it is that it will be remembered for a long time. Perhaps, this is the reason why pranksters devise various and unusual pranks. They are not limited to the traditional «there is something on your back.»

So, where does the tradition of playing pranks originate from and how did it appear? Of course, nobody can give a definite answer to these questions.

It is also unknown in which country people started playing pranks on each other. In fact, there are several assumptions and actually, each of them can be correct.

According to one of them, the holiday originated in Ancient Rome where people celebrated Fools Day in the middle of February. Some argue that its roots go back to ancient India where people had a tradition of celebrating a day of jokes on March 31st. According to another hypothesis, at the beginning of April people used celebrated the vernal equinox. On this occasion, they played funny games, played pranks on each other, and told jokes.

Either way, April Fools’ Day is at least five hundred years old. It is known that in 1539 a Flemish nobleman played pranks on his servants by giving them funny orders on April 1st. The first written reference to the holiday dates back to 1686 when the English writer John Aubrey mentioned “the Fools Holiday.” Ten years later, several residents of London invited everyone to come and watch the washing of white lions in the Tower of London.

In Russia, the first public prank took place a little later: it was in 1703 in Moscow. Heralds walked down the streets and invited all people to come and watch an «incredible performance.» Dozens of spectators gathered. When the curtain was drawn at the prescribed time, on the stage all that the people saw was a banner on which was written «Trust no one today. It’s April 1st – a Fool’s Day.» At that, the «incredible performance» was over.

Lines about April 1st pranks even appeared in the works of some Russian classical writers.

For example, Alexander Pushkin included an April Fools’ rhymed joke in his letter to another poet Anton Delvig. Брови царь нахмуря, Говорил: «Вчера повалила буря Памятник Петра». Тот перепугался: «Я не знал!.. Ужель?» – Царь расхохотался: «Первый, брат, апрель!»

So, on April 1st we have a wonderful chance to have fun and kid around. Of course, please remember to be reasonable in your pranks.

8 | Travelling

Goodbye My Old Life – Hello Asia!

I want to make it clear from the very beginning: I am not an avid traveler able to survive with just Spartan amenities. My parents didn’t go hiking with me in a backpack and didn’t teach me to put up a tent before I even learned to use a toilet. I had a totally sheltered childhood. I was protected from everything that could scare me – a little innocent girl, or even worse, anything that could take me out of my comfort zone. Therefore, any ideas of traveling abroad, especially alone, were not welcome (to put it lightly) in my family. If I traveled somewhere, it happened rarely and only under the strict care of someone whom my parents trusted. For a long time, I had been nourishing a very «patriotic» plan to leave the country and, ideally, move to a country with a warm climate. I wanted to pack a small backpack with the most essential things, buy a one-way ticket, set off and start a new life. And it actually happened!

I found myself in an airport with only the stuff I could fit in my backpack, my passport, a ticket to Thailand, and my last salary. I didn’t have any savings, but I had my job and that was good. I appreciated that my company let me work remotely and would allow me to return to the office if something would go wrong.

I had no plan, no expectations, and no detailed knowledge of the country and Asia in general or any nuances of moving. Yet, I knew I could get some information from Google and decided that it was quite enough. How wrong I was...

My first impression As soon as I arrived at the Bangkok airport I started to feel uncomfortable. Fear whose nature I couldn’t understand and which I had no way of getting rid of was overwhelming me. I cheered up at the knowledge that I wasn’t alone. Aralia – a more experienced traveler whom I got to know before the trip and who agreed to travel together for the first three months – met me. Traveling with someone else is cheaper and more fun.

On our way to the city center of Bangkok, my fear was growing and gradually turned into panic. I was close to despair and frustration. I had never seen such a huge city before. There was a lot of noise, crazy traffic, total chaos, food which people were selling on every street and were touching with their hands all the time, unsanitary conditions, scorching weather, and high humidity (like when you come out of the shower and start sweating again). I was trying to keep calm as long as I could. Aralia took me shopping to chill out a little bit, but it didn’t help. I had a terrible nervous breakdown right in the center of Bangkok. I burst into tears sitting on the sidewalk near a trash can. I was all tear-stained and dirty. I couldn’t pull myself together, couldn’t explain what scared me all the time, and mentally already managed to make up my route back home. I scolded myself for the silly idea to move and promised that I would see the country for three months and then, tail between legs, would return home.

Happiness is at hand As we were leaving Bangkok and moving closer to Phuket province, the fear started to dispel and

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soon disappeared altogether. My skin adjusted to the new climate quite quickly. We made our home in a quiet village of Kathu, in a condo located in the middle of the jungle. I immediately took a fancy to a room on the roof, between the gym and the sunbathing area and arranged my «office» there, closer to a Wi-Fi router. It was a perfect workplace! That feeling when you look away from your laptop and see not a gray office wall but a breathtaking view – is great. Since my working day always started at 3 p.m. local time, in the morning and on the weekends I had a lot of time to lie on the beach, to see waterfalls, parks, churches, and other nice places. Is this not “happiness”?

I can drive a motorcycle!

The main means of transportation in Thailand is a motorcycle. Everyone here knows how to drive one: starting from kids who just got out of their diapers to grandmothers who can barely walk. And they all are brilliant drivers! They can fit up to five people on a motorcycle and in two months I didn’t see even a single traffic accident.

Since we lived far from civilization and it was too hot to go on foot to reach it, I had to learn to drive a motorcycle, too. Before the trip, I did a driving course and it helped me a lot. At least I wasn’t afraid of road markings after the course. Aralia who turned out to be a biker started to teach me. In two minutes she explained to me all the nuances of driving a motorcycle, made sure that I could drive two circles around the condo without any accidents, and then gave me her blessing for my first long-distance journey – a 2-km drive to the supermarket. Despite the fact that I didn’t drive faster than 20 km/h, I felt like the queen of the road speeding at rapid-fire pace! However, this feeling dispelled very quickly when I hit a sidewalk. I revved the engine up at the most inappropriate moment and belly flopped. I didn’t scratch myself a lot. The flies that flew up to the smell of fresh blood made the most trouble.

Temples In general, I am skeptical about religion and visiting temples. But is it possible to be in Asia and not stop in a Buddhist temple? Moreover, here they are at every turn. I must admit that here it was the first time in my life when I felt so peaceful in a temple. I could never relax in a church so much...

It is hard to describe the feeling I experienced in temples. It’s like being at home, and as if people were waiting for you here. Everybody understands you, is ready to listen and talk to you if necessary. There is no feeling that you will be condemned for failing to comply with the ritual. Even monks can leave you if you want to get lost in your thoughts or as Aralia puts it «to immerse in yourself.» You won’t feel this atmosphere in the so-called tourist temples where a lot of people take photos and make noise. It is possible to experience the feeling in temples off the beaten track. Now, visiting temples on the way is our good tradition.

Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai We have seen so many beautiful and unusual places that a single paragraph won’t give it justice. We saw mountains, waterfalls, hot springs, the White Temple, the Black Temple, the Long Neck Village, and a lot more. I will briefly tell you about things that impressed me the most. Let’s start with the White Temple. Our tour guide told us that it was a new temple, which is only 20 years old and was built mainly «for tourists to have one more place for sightseeing.» But the temple is really amazing. The Asian love for small frescos and stucco is evident.

We arrived before the opening of the temple and what surprised me the most was a man with a mop. He was cleaning the territory before opening the temple.

First, he walked and gathered all creeping animals and insects. Then he put them in a safe place and only after that began to clean the walkway. Buddhists are Buddhists to their fingertips!

After visiting the temple, we went to the Long Neck Village. Somehow I hadn’t known that it was a Thai village.

I used to believe that it was somewhere in Africa (now I feel embarrassed).

The village is notable for the women who used to put metal rings on their necks from early childhood. Since rings are heavy, over time their shoulders lowered and necks looked longer. This was thought to look beautiful. Contrary to common belief, the neck didn’t stretch and muscles didn’t weaken.

Necks also didn’t break after removing the rings. It was totally all right.

Almost nobody wears neck rings anymore – there are only a few women in the village who have been wearing

them for their entire lives. Others wear them just to amuse tourists.

An interesting story from the village is of a woman who gave birth to twins.

There used to be a custom in the village concerning twins: to kill one of the children. This was done either to gain the favor of good spirits or to scare away evil ones. But some years back the locals abolished this strange custom and both girls are 25 years old now.

My decision to stay Surprisingly quickly I got used to the nomadic way of life and got addicted to having new expriences every day. Asia is so big and visiting just one country appeared to be not enough for me. Cambodia and Vietnam are my next destination. After that, I still have to decide where to go next.

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Jean Reno Visits The Korchma

He rejected the role of agent Smith in the extremely popular movie The Matrix, but could not abstain from Ukrainian borscht and varenyky. The list of our celebrity guests just grew longer by one more star.

Internationally famous actor Jean Reno, who is best known among movie enthusiasts for the movie Leon in which he brilliantly played the main role, visited our American Korchma on Broadway. In our restaurant, the eminent Frenchman not only satiated his hunger, but also took several pictures with the staff and received a present from the house – a Russian matryoshka doll with a picture of the American president Donald Trump.

Jean Reno was very much satisfied with his visit to the Korchma and admitted that he enjoyed Slavic cuisine very much. We believe that he was sincere in his compliments. The actor has long been known as an exquisite gourmand. In several interviews, he admitted that he could become a chef.

«Yes, I can become a chef. For me, food is very important. I cannot eat alone. I always need company.

It’s strange, isn’t it? Eating is a process of communication. What’s more, it is so intimate that all your feelings come from your heart. One more sacred process for me is cooking for those I love, or whose favorite dishes I know very well.».

Jean Reno

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March 8th: Flowers for the Beautiful Ladies!

Korchma Taras Bulba Restaurant Chain Celebrates International Women’s Day

It was a holiday filled with flowers, greetings, smiles, and love! On March 8, all restaurants of the Taras Bulba Korchma restaurant chain celebrated International Women’s Day. This is one of our most anticipated holidays, and so we carefully prepared for it. Our staff nicely decorated each of our restaurants with balloons. All women received flowers, and our

chefs prepared special treats for their guests. What is more, March 8 was celebrated in every single Korchma Taras Bulba restaurant – from Moscow to Kyiv and New York. Once again it proved that Women’s Day is indeed an international holiday and that women’s beauty and charm know no boundaries!

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Culinary Maturity Reached! Korchma Celebrated Its 18th Birthday

It seems not long ago we opened our first restaurant and started to learn the intricacies of the culinary market in Moscow.

However, the time passed incredibly quickly! We have already celebrated 18 years of our work.

«First of all, I didn’t want to start a one-day project since it would also demand a lot effort, thinking, and devotion. I didn’t see any sense in creating something that would last for a year or two, or something that I would sell and benefit from later on. Even before launching Korchma Taras Bulba I chose a totally opposite direction. I set my heart not only on selling food. I wanted this place to be coupled with culture and art: books, songs, music etc.»

Yuriy Beloyvan, the manager and founder of Korchma (from the book My Key)

Needless to say how proud all our staff members were to celebrate such an occasion taking into account that the chain of our restaurants consists of 19 establishments in Moscow, Kyiv, and New York.

We all are like one huge family in which people honor their customs and traditions. Anyway, this is not even the biggest reason behind our joy. We are most proud of our guests: the people who fell in love with our cuisine and who became our best friends. We sincerely appreciate everyone who came to our birthday party and shared our joy! Remember that you are always welcome and we appreciate your friendship and support.

With love, your Korchma Taras Bulba!

Festival of flowers and spring!

Although we had a cold March and spring flowers are not yet in bloom, this did not prevent our employees from competing in our wreath competition.

Our restaurant chain held a flashmob dedicated to spring. And although all participants showed talent and creativity, the trio of winners is as follows:

1. Pyatnytskaya - Leninsky 2. Airport 3. Bochkova

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prizes: 1st prize:

5,000 rubles 2nd prize:

3,000 rubles 3rd prize:

2,000 rubles

We started organizing a monthly p h o t o contest. The conditions are quite simple.

You just have to take an interesting picture in any of our restaurants and post in on social media with the hashtag #korchmatarasbulbakonkurs with a geolocation. Your profile should be open and the picture needs to show that it was taken in a Korchma.

Winners will be selected every month. The more likes you get, the better your chances are. Participants who gain the most votes will get valuable prizes and their pictures will be published in our newspaper.

MARCH Winners:

2nd prize – 122 likes – Angelina

1st prize – 163 likes Alina

3rd prize– 97 likes – Olga

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