Slow Kitchen Noteshttps://slowkitchennotes.tech/Unhurried home cooking, written down so I don't forget.enQuick salted cucumbershttps://slowkitchennotes.tech/recipes/pickled-cucumbers.htmlhttps://slowkitchennotes.tech/recipes/pickled-cucumbers.htmlThu, 22 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000The lightly salted kind you eat the next morning, not the sour winter ones. Dill, garlic, a horseradish leaf if you can find one.Smoky braised chickpeas with greenshttps://slowkitchennotes.tech/recipes/braised-chickpeas.htmlhttps://slowkitchennotes.tech/recipes/braised-chickpeas.htmlSun, 18 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000A pot of chickpeas, paprika and whatever greens are left in the fridge. Better the next day.Sharlotka, the five-ingredient apple cakehttps://slowkitchennotes.tech/recipes/sharlotka.htmlhttps://slowkitchennotes.tech/recipes/sharlotka.htmlMon, 05 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000Every Russian family has a version. This is ours: sour apples, a cloud of eggs and sugar, nothing else to go wrong.A forgiving rye sourdoughhttps://slowkitchennotes.tech/recipes/rye-sourdough.htmlhttps://slowkitchennotes.tech/recipes/rye-sourdough.htmlWed, 30 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000Notes from about forty loaves. Less kneading, more patience.Buckwheat with mushrooms and onionshttps://slowkitchennotes.tech/recipes/buckwheat-mushrooms.htmlhttps://slowkitchennotes.tech/recipes/buckwheat-mushrooms.htmlMon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000Toasted kasha, browned mushrooms, a lot of onion. The dinner I make when I can't decide.Grandmother-style borschthttps://slowkitchennotes.tech/recipes/borscht.htmlhttps://slowkitchennotes.tech/recipes/borscht.htmlSat, 12 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000Beets roasted first, a splash of vinegar at the end, sour cream on the table.Syrniki for slow Sunday morningshttps://slowkitchennotes.tech/recipes/syrniki.htmlhttps://slowkitchennotes.tech/recipes/syrniki.htmlSun, 30 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000Farmer's cheese pancakes, golden outside and soft inside. Sour cream and jam, strong tea.Pelmeni, a weekend projecthttps://slowkitchennotes.tech/recipes/pelmeni.htmlhttps://slowkitchennotes.tech/recipes/pelmeni.htmlSun, 09 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000Best made around a table with someone to talk to. Freeze half — future you will be grateful.Svekolnik, a cold beet soup for hot dayshttps://slowkitchennotes.tech/recipes/cold-summer-soup.htmlhttps://slowkitchennotes.tech/recipes/cold-summer-soup.htmlSun, 19 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000Pink, sharp and cold. Kefir, beets, cucumber and lots of dill — the soup for July.