Russian Olivier Salad is a creamy, hearty potato salad that’s a staple at Russian gatherings. It’s made with potatoes, eggs, ...

This salad was invented in the 19th century by French chef Lucien Olivier, who at that time was the head of an upscale restaurant, Hermitage, located right in the center of Moscow.

MOSCOW — It’s akin to Turkey at Thanksgiving: On New Year’s in Russia, revelers traditionally consume lashings of Olivier salad. It was introduced to the then-Russian Empire in 1860 by ...

Russians have voiced concern about the growing cost of a basic food staple -- eggs -- pointing to the fragile state of the sanctions-hit economy, as ...

So Olivier took to serving it as a chopped salad – and its longevity was assured. He took the recipe to the grave in 1883, leaving cooks to publish their best guesses in the decades that followed.

Caviar, while far from being a staple food at almost 6,000 rubles (about $60) per kilo in December 2023, has shot up by over 50 percent this year to nearly 9,000 rubles per kilo.

Years later I read about salat Olivier, sometimes just listed as “Russian Salad” in cookbooks. “This famous Russian salad is actually the brainchild of a French chef, Olivier, who caused a ...

MOSCOW — It’s akin to Turkey at Thanksgiving: On New Year’s in Russia, revelers traditionally consume lashings of Olivier salad.. It was introduced to the then-Russian Empire in 1860 by ...