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- noun Plural form of
zakuska .
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Examples
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Over at NPR, I have a guided tour of Russian hors d’oeuvres, called zakuski, each as unsubtle, garlicky and brined as you should expect from my husband’s pickled-crazed people.
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Over at NPR, I have a guided tour of Russian hors d’oeuvres, called zakuski, each as unsubtle, garlicky and brined as you should expect from my husband’s pickled-crazed people.
smitten kitchen | mighty russian morsels | print template 2007
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The restaurant has also a "rumochnaya" (standing-room-only cafe) decorated in the 20th century style where you can sample a variety of vodkas with traditional Russian 'zakuski' snacks.
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The restaurant has also a "rumochnaya" (standing-room-only cafe) decorated in the 20th century style where you can sample a variety of vodkas with traditional Russian 'zakuski' snacks.
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I do, however, take a leaf out of Georgian housewives' books and look to zakuski for inspiration when creating a cocktail-hour menu.
Archive 2008-08-01 Shaun 2008
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While I've read a lot about zakuski, I have never hosted such a dining event probably because I do not have the stomach to wash down shots of vodka between mouthfuls of food.
Archive 2008-08-01 Shaun 2008
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While the above recipe is a great way to end the night, a fabulous way to start a dinner party is with dips and pâtés or elements from zakuski, a Georgian tradition of small plates of contrasting temperatures and textures.
Archive 2008-08-01 Shaun 2008
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We have ‘borrowed’ many dishes from our mighty Eastern neighbours here in Estonia, so black bread, eggplant caviar, pickled everything, and various zakuski are really popular here.
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Just read an article about Russian zakuski and it all became clear.
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He likes to wash down his appetizers — what the Russians call zakuski, which are often the tastiest part of a meal — with a couple of shots of vodka, and to end his repast with a cognac from Dagestan, a province in Russia's troubled northern Caucasus.
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