From Russia with Grub = Salo from Ukraine

So after reading this review “Russian House Through the Eyes of a Russian Transplant in Austin,” (Austinot.com, September 19, 2017) by Yulia Dyukova (@TheFoodieMiles), I decided to check out this Russian House (Доме России).

I tried the salo, which looked like raw bacon, but was actually salted pork belly.

The homemade mustard and horseradish was probably the best I’ve ever had, best in Austin for sure.

I also randomly came across some “Revolutionary ceramics and textiles: USSR, 1919-1931,” this morning via TheCharnelHouse.org.

Delicious salo, national dish of Ukraine at Russia House restaurant, best horseradish in Austin #food #сало #Україна #ukraine #Доме #России #Austin

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4 International Things to Read this Weekend

Here are four recent items to read this weekend that have an international bend to them:

1. “Bono has a Message for Young Christian Artists” by Carol Kuruvilla, Huffington Post, May 16, 2017.

2. ” ‘In Ireland, men treat women with such respect. I’ve never been objectified here‘,” by Sorcha Pollak, The Irish Times, May 17, 2017.

3. “Will Ukraine Ever Change?” by Tim Judah, New York Review of Books, May 25, 2017 issue.

4. “The Baghdad Road,” by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, London Review of Books, May 4, 2017.

Reading About Russia (and other things)

An excerpt from Victoria Lomasko’s book  In Tbilisi ‘”It’s forbidden to be sad in Georgia,” in n+1 magazine. Also Benjamin Cohen’s “Letter from Ukraine: Don’t Let Refugee History Repeat Itself,” in The Forward, January 31, 2017.

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Meanwhile, stateside: Aaron M. Renn’s “The Real State of America’s Inner Cities,” in NewGeography.com from February 1, 2017.

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And it was a rather London morning in Austin earlier:

#Morning #fog and streetlamp, #Austin

A photo posted by Christopher Landrum (@landrumc) on Feb 1, 2017 at 7:28am PST

Update: color photographs of the Soviet Union in the 1950s from On Wednesday, we wear red Tumblr:

Reading About Dada, Prisons, Bookstores, & Ukrainian Ceramics

• “The Growing Charm of Dada” by Alfred Brendel, October 27, 2016 in the New York Review of Books.

• “19 Beautiful Bookstores You Need to Visit in America” by Erin La Rosa, October 14, 2016 on Buzzfeed.com.

• “From Attica prisoners to Harvard Law students: a message from behind the wall” by John J. Lennon,  October 18, 201 in The Harvard Law Record.

• “Six Cups: a wedding present, a family history, and Ukraine’s dark 20th century, 75 years after Babi Yar” by Natalia A. Feduschak, Septemer 27, 2016, at Tablet Magazine.