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Kitchen Meises with OZ

Kitchen Meises with OZ

The Story of the First Damn Not Lumpy Thing

How and most importantly why you should make the famous Russian blinis, blintzes, blinchiks, or crepes!

8 min readMar 16, 2024

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The Story of the First Damn Not Lumpy Thing

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Kitchen Meises with OZ

The Story of Heroic Latkes

Or how I conquered this holiday staple!

5 min readDec 9, 2023

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The Story of Heroic Latkes

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Kitchen Meises with OZ

The Story of the Wonder Pot

Dora’s Pryanik

6 min readAug 6, 2023

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The Story of the Wonder Pot

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The Story of Pita Grill on Watchmen Hill

We were very lucky: instead of a honeymoon, we had a “honey year” in the Land of Milk and Honey. We celebrate our anniversary around the…

8 min readApr 26, 2023

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The Story of Pita Grill on Watchmen Hill

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Kitchen Meises with OZ

The Story of the Pumpkin Soup

When I was 16, I spent a year in the USA as part of my high school exchange program. During our preparation for the year abroad, they…

7 min readNov 9, 2022

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The Story of the Pumpkin Soup

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The Story of Fundraising Pudding

I work as a fundraiser, which means asking people for money to support my organization. Many people wonder how can anyone do such an…

6 min readAug 21, 2022

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The Story of Fundraising Pudding

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Kitchen Meises with OZ

Make Borscht, Not War

When you think of borscht, what country comes to mind? Russia and Ukraine both call it their national dish.

8 min readApr 6, 2022

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Make Borscht, Not War

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Kitchen Meises with OZ

The Story of the Other Cheese Cakes

Cafeteria food. I hear people talk about Tater Tots, square pizza and fruit cups in American schools. Peanut butter & jelly sandwiches…

6 min readMay 18, 2021

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The Story of the Other Cheese Cakes

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Kitchen Meises with OZ

Three Love Stories. Of Pilaf.

Ancient Greeks identified six types of love: agápe, éros, philía, philautia, storgē, and xenia — they believed that your feelings for your…

10 min readDec 28, 2020

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Three Love Stories. Of Pilaf.

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Kitchen Meises with OZ

The Story of Southern Chili (Chili, Baby Back Ribs)

Fat Bastard, a character in Austin Powers, sings a stupid song about chili and baby back ribs, and it’s been stuck in my head for nearly…

7 min readSep 5, 2020

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The Story of Southern Chili (Chili, Baby Back Ribs)

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Kitchen Meises with OZ

Kitchen Meises with OZ

Olga Zelzburg affectionately known as “OZ” is an educator, a foodie, and a storyteller. This blog is a collection of her food-related stories.

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