Pashka is a traditional pyramid-shaped Easter dessert in Russia Credit: Photo: Christopher Jones Pashka is a Russian Easter tradition, a sort of custardy cheesecake without the biscuit base, ...

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1.	Heat cream and vanilla bean, but do not boil. Beat sugar and egg yolks until pale and thick and the mixture forms a ribbon when the beaters are drawn across the top. Remove vanilla bean from ...

Traditional Easter foods to me, mean ham of some type, browned-butter mashed potatoes, bright green peas, soft white dinner rolls and a big bowl of salad. Dyed hard-boiled eggs, of course, and some ...

In Moscow the winter snow had vanished. Street vendors were selling daffodils at 3 rubles each. Gourmets could buy tiny hothouse cucumbers, small succulent leaves of early lettuce, tiny radishes and ...