i suppose the most relevant thing about me food-wise is that i'm a vegetarian who likes easy, cheap, healthy, delicious things to cook for my boyfriend and i. i'm not a food snob (gasp frozen peas!) but i like nice cheese. i'm not an expert, but i'm completely open minded about what i eat as long as there are lots of vegetables and the thing fits into my categories up top. my family is russian, so my vegetarianism is a tragedy for my mother. but i love russian home food, especially "olivier" (russian potato salad), "ikra" (eggplant spread), vegetable-based borscht (although i have yet to make this on my own), vinigrette (also haven't made), and a cabbage/beet/onion/carrot ragu-style thing that i don't know the name for. my most-missed russian food is herring under a blanket/in a fur coat.