My mother is Russian. I live in America with my mother.  My mother is teaching me to cook.  I opened my own restaurant. I was 18 years old in high school when my mother passed away.  I have a dog.
I teach cooking. I have a farm.  My favorite music genre is rock.  I have three dogs. One of my dogs passed away last year.  I love hiking.
How are your dogs doing? My two dogs are missing their brother, but he is free from pain. I cannot believe it has been a year since he has passed. How is your restaurant, Ive been meaning to go, I need to make time, what dish do you recommend I get? It's doing well. I think you should try the Blini first and then have the Vatrushka for dessert. Yum! I'm sorry you and the pups are feeling down. I'm sure they miss their brother a lot. I know I'd miss my girl if she was gone. The vatruska sounds amazing, never heard of any of those dishes, so I will be excited to try! I am sure they are Instagram picture worthy. thankfully we have each other, and you have your puppy, with your mom passing I cannot and do not want to know how that feels, Are you okay?  I am. I think cooking her recipes really helps me feel like she's still with me in some way. The restaurant keeps me so busy, and I know mom would be proud to see me working so hard. Have you and the dogs been out on the trail lately? what a wonderful way of sharing who she was with you, I am so lucky I get to enjoy her recipes. Are you planning to ever go back to Russia? or have you made America your official home? Yes, actually we went hiking out there in Canada, took us about 3 days to reach the peak of the mountain, I cannot explain to you, how small I felt, the most gorgeous view I had ever seen! If you ever have time away from the restaurant, I recommend taking a hike with your puppy.  I'm sure it's great to get out in nature and take in all that beauty. I'm pretty sure I want to stay in America and establish my restaurant, so I can expand one day. I'd love to go back to Russia and try out all the traditional recipes that I haven't learned from mom.  Thats awesome, best of luck you are more than deserving, may life bring you all of the success this world has to offer. I am also sure America is a bit more safer than Russia. most of your family in Russia or here in America? My cousins are in Russia, but other than them, I don't have any family left. That's why it's important to me to carry on the traditional recipes from my family. It's really all I have left of them. What is a nearby trail that you'd recommend for a couple of beginner hikers like Joleen and me? I am hoping you are close to them, cousins tend to feel like more siblings than distant relatives. I command you for being so driven, specially being so young. Did you go to culinary school? I really like the Glacier National park, breath taking you wont believe you are in America, makes you think you are in Iceland. Joleen would love! That sounds nice. I'll check it out when I get a break from the restaurant. I didn't go to culinary school. I was lucky to have an inheritance that allowed me to open my place without any investors. So I just had to have faith in myself.  Nice, I always wished I had a talent to know how to cook without the aid of recipes and or follow along video tutorials. Thats all you need sometimes is faith, taking that leap of faith sometimes pays off, Have you thought of including non russian dishes to your menu or maybe host pop up throughout the nation?