I sink my teeth into a sharply acidic slice of Ankovsky pie and sip my malty glass of
kvass. It's a simple, but hopefully fitting tribute, to the man who takes 1,225 pages to come to the conclusion that (spoiler alert) the secret to a happy life is to sit and enjoy a salty baked potato while chatting to an old peasant in prison.
US food and beverage company PepsiCo Inc (NYSE:PEP) may buy Russia's
kvass beverage producer Deka OAO for USD160m (EUR119.7m).
Coca-Cola offers brands such as
Kvass, Odwalla, and Dogadan to consumer segments with very specific taste preferences.
The very thought of meeting the great man intimidates him, but in the end the discussion boils down to one simple question posed by Tolstoy: "Do you like our
kvass?" On the subject of Tolstoy's daily routine, Figge discovers the following:
A number of Jewish legal authorities approved of beverages such as
kvass or borscht, or a beverage known as mehd, which was made from honey, as suitable for havdala; likewise, these beverages would apparently be considered appropriate for the Seder.
A BIT OF RUSSIA WAS FOUND IN THE AISLES of New York City-area Whole Foods Markets this summer, thanks to Coca-Cola North America, which imported the popular Russian beverage
Kvass for the first time to the U.S.
Some managed to drown in cauldrons of bean slops and barrels of
kvass.
A similar product, called
kvass, is still popular in Russia and Latvia.
(17) Kali on otsas mis otsas
kvass is finished REL.PRON finished 'The
kvass is finished to the last drop' (FICT)
One damns
kvass, another censures unleavened bread ....
Price Foundation (www.westonaprice.org) teaches traditional methods of making fermented foods such as sauerkraut, tsatsiki, ginger carrots, beet
kvass and cortido.
Eve and I tried
kvass, which is a drink made of bread.