Warm Potato Salad

Christmas Eve is a busy affair in Germany, between singing carols, opening presents and attending church late at night, these is not much time left for dinner. For this reason, most families have a simple but nevertheless substantial supper, with potato salad and sausages being the most popular option. Traditionally the Christmas tree is put up…

Russian Salad

Russia: Russian Salad

This Russian salad – or Salade Olivier, comes with a lot of history: first invented in the 1860s in Moscow by a chef named Lucien Olivier, who guarded the recipe jealously. His sous-chef – apparently – stole the recipe and opened up his own restaurant to sell his version – needless to say, it simply wasn’t the…