Pushkin’s favorite puffs, Brezhnev’s sausages and beatboxing on gusli: masterclasses and tasting on 26 December
The Tver region has prepared a real feast of taste for gourmets with musical accompaniment from the collective TakTy and a masterclass on New Year’s table setting.
12:00 — 16:00 GASTROFESTIVAL "VERESHCHAGIN-CHEESEFEST".
Monastic products of the Nilo-Stoloben Desert and other producers. Theatrical performance, workshop on making mozzarella, quiz. Cheese tasting.
16:00 — 21:00 TOUR OF CHEFS:
— Pie with a centuries-old history "Seliger fish", Pozharsky cutlets, rye Seliger gingerbread. Masterclass of Maxim Syrnikov and Alyona Kuleshova.
— "Macaroni from Gagliani" — a dish from Pushkin’s "gastronomic" guide to his friend S. A. Sobolevsky. Andrey Sadovenko’s masterclass.
— Pike cutlets — a favorite treat for General Kuropatkin’s guests. Masterclass by Alexander Kleshchenko, "Kuropatkin’s" restaurant (manor-hotel "Seasons of the Year").
— Wolf’s Puffs in Staritsa — tea cakes from the Wolf family, which Pushkin loved. Masterclass by Zina Ovshtein ("Boneville").
— Brezhnev’s sausages according to the recipe of Leonid Brezhnev’s personal gamekeeper; Tver pirozhki; homemade morses and liqueurs. Masterclass by Sergey Uvarov (restaurant "Shosha").
— Masterclass on New Year’s table setting from the tourist complex "Konakovo faience", tablecloths and rushniki from "Torzhok Golden Seamstresses".
December 26, 12.00 — 20.00, House of Russian Cuisine
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