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
Teachers from a wide range of regions are arriving at the National Centre RUSSIA for the Forum of Geography Teachers and Students of Specialised Universities.
Grinning masks with enormous eyes, mysterious animal silhouettes and vessels made of fired clay are helping researchers learn more about the distant past of the Russian Far East.
On the Day of Family, Love and Fidelity, representatives of Russia’s indigenous minority peoples will marry at the National Centre RUSSIA.
