According to Alice Waters in the “Chez Panisse Menu Cookbook,” whenever legendary chef Jeremiah Tower made blini at Chez Panisse, he’d recount how his Russian uncle felt about butter. You had enough ...

If you haven’t thought about blini lately, please may we have your full attention? Let’s say you have some caviar, and let’s say that caviar is not triple O beluga or something just as good. (If you ...

1. In a large bowl, dissolve the yeast in ¼ cup of milk. Let it sit for 2 minutes. Stir in the sugar and 1¼ cups more milk, stirring to break up any lumps. 2. Add the buckwheat flour and whisk briskly ...

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 ...

For this recipe, Food & Wine's Justin Chapple cooks a shredded potato mixture in a waffle iron until a crisp, golden blini forms, and then tops it with smoked salmon and a generous dollop of sour ...

In a food processor, combine all of the ingredients except the seltzer and canola oil and puree until smooth. Scrape the batter into a large bowl and let stand for 15 minutes. Whisk 1/3 cup of the ...

Nothing says "special" like a wine that dances seductively in your mouth and on your tongue -- tantalizing, tickling, tempting you with luscious fruit, bright acidity and yeasty, bready aromas and ...

Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of food journalism experience, and a deep love for mayonnaise and MSG. Due to the surge in fancy home baking, it’s ...

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 ...

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 ...