I went with a Russian theme for our dinner tonight…tonight’s menu included:

• Beef stroganoff over egg noodles
• Russian black bread
• Pickled beets
• Leinenkugel’s Big Eddy Russian Imperial Stout

For dessert (the real triumph of the evening), I made a Russian biscvit cake with a Ptichye Moloko filling, a whipped cream frosting, and a lovely chocolate drizzle:

We’ll still be having a tea party and a closing ceremonies dinner before the end of the Olympics…there’s more Russian cooking and baking yet to come!