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From Russia with food - not lost in translation

As I am getting ready to leave for the happy hour with my new friends that I met at the Basque food and wine event, I feel a pang of regret that my knowledge of Spanish is limited to the names of the tapas on Jaleo's menu.

With food beng so international these days - and all the mode delicious and interesting for it - a real foodie needs understand the toungues of the faraway lands. Spanish, French, Italian, Thai - and that's just the beginning.

Well, now - thanks to the wonders of modern technolog -  you can learn French, Russian and get some very nice recipes on the side. Or is it the other way around?  Well, anyway, Nika Belotserkovskaya, aka Belonika, a popular Russian food blogger and a founder of a cooking school in Provence, has released an update to her iPhone app "Recipes by Belonika", so every one of about a hundred or so recipes is available in English, Russian and French.

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The app also works on iPad (nice!) and on Android devices (are people really using those?)

Bon appetit :)

Rating for Recipes by Belonika iPhone app:

4

, Montgomery County Food Examiner

Vadim Kagan started writing about food at age 6, with a poem about cheese. Since that time, food and writing always were high on his list of favorites. After moving from St. Petersburg (Russia) to Maryland in the 80s, Vadim discovered a whole new universe of exotic foods, exciting restaurants and...

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