Inside, the smells of popcorn and Russian meat pies called piroshki contributed to a carnival atmosphere.
I grew up eating piroshki and sushi, speaking Russian and Japanese.
The second stop was at the Sheraton East, where, in the Knight Box, borscht and piroshki were served.
Other tastes of Russia include a hearty borscht, pelmeni dumplings, delicate pojarski cutlet paved with tiny croutons, and pastry-wrapped piroshki, like Russian empanadas.
"We believe that the Germans copied our hamburger, the Russians copied our piroshki and the Finns stole our sauna and went international with it," she said.
Other tastes of Russia include soups like a hearty borscht, pelmeni dumplings, delicate pojarski cutlet paved with tiny croutons, and pastry-wrapped piroshki, like a Russian empanada.
"But quality is quality".
Quality is quality, period.
"The Complete Book of Pastry," published in 1981, dealt with its subject on a truly global scale, with recipes for strudel, South American empanadas, Italian pizzas and calzones, Greek baklava and Russian piroshki.
The food gets high marks: according to one story, a client once sent his car from Moscow — about 186 miles away — to pick up a batch of 600 of its meat-filled piroshki for a birthday party.
