Every family, every place, has its own special dish, which we all seem to know how to make, but we prepare it differently. We often have heated debates about it. It's impossible to understand either the people or the place they live in without talking about food. In the "Non-Moscow Kitchen" column, people from all over Russia will share their recipes.

Beef tongue and sulugun cheese salad

Beef tongue is considered one of the most popular ingredients in Caucasian cuisine. It makes equally filling and delicious dishes, whether hot or cold.

A French accent in the mountains of Dagestan 

A French accent in the mountains of Dagestan. Dagestani kurze—a Lak dish with an almost French name—is popular and dearly loved by the people. Kurze are similar to vareniki—they're made from elastic dough…

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