My first suggestion for autumn feasting are pirozhki, which are delicious little pies that feature large in the cooking of Russia and which come with a great variety of fillings, both sweet and savoury.
WEEKEND GIRLS Hamentaschen-style folded wheat dough over fillings like sweet-spicy strawberry-turnip jam, or savory kale and cotija cheese, or cabbage and ricotta.
Stop for a bite of a Rio street food favourite, tapioca pancake filled with sweet or savoury fillings, at one of the many food carts lining the water, or rest up with a beer and bratwurst at Bar Lagoa, housed in an Art Deco building dating from 1934.
Wheat flour makes a lighter, almost lacy crepe, perfect for sweet fillings.
The chef, Luis Ulloa, also serves crumpets with savory and sweet fillings: 243 East 14th Street, (212) 777-7717, thewinslownyc.com.
Or try one of the sweet fillings, like Nutella and banana, and the simple lemon and butter wrapped in white-flour crepes.
I especially enjoyed sweet fillings, like Nutella and banana ($5.50), and the simple lemon and butter ($2.95) wrapped in white-flour crepes.
For the uninitiated, blini are the Russian equivalent of crêpes, thin pancakes folded around fillings such as sweet cheese, ground meat, or salmon roe.
We make a triple batch of pancakes, pile them high on a big plate and serve them, still steaming, to play the part of an edible scroll to delicious savoury and sweet fillings.
There are velvety braised meats mingled with traces of cardamom, ginger and saffron; fine-grained couscous that spills like sand; savory and sweet fillings bound with brittle leaves of phyllo; and deeply embedded fruits and nuts.
