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 ...

Well, it depends who you’re asking. If you’re talking to a Russian, then blini are thin, crepe-like pancakes often made with buckwheat. They’re eaten with sour cream or cottage cheese or butter or ...

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 ...

thin French crepes filled with chocolate sauce and topped with hazelnuts - Mizina/Getty Images Flatbreads must be a universal culinary creation, or something close to it. Just thinking about the ...

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 ...

There's a reason Zagat has named Gary Danko the most popular Bay Area restaurant for the past seven years. You can attribute it to the comfortable special-occasion atmosphere, flawless service and, ...

Star chef Grant Achatz’s delicate potato blini are no more difficult to make than breakfast pancakes and oh so much better than store-bought. Chef Grant Achatz is one of the most awarded and ...

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 ...

Flatbreads must be a universal culinary creation, or something close to it. Just thinking about the general concept of starch ...