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Archive by author: Victoria Abbott RiccardiReturn
Victoria Abbott Riccardi is a journalist and book author. For over 20 years she has written food, wine, travel, and culture articles for a variety of consumer print and online media in the U.S. and abroad, including Bon Appetit, Conde Nast Traveller, and The New York Times. In 2003 she wrote the travel memoir Untangling My Chopsticks: A Culinary Sojourn in Kyoto (Broadway), a New York Times 2003 Notable Book; winner of Best Asian Cuisine Book in English at the 2003 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards; and excerpted in Best Food Writing 2003 (Marlowe & Company).
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Cruising through Russia with love

Cruising through Russia with love

Uglich, Russia — The aha moment arrived around teatime in this charming town along the Volga River known for its historic buildings, watchmaking and cheese. Uglich is one of Russia’s Golden Ring cities — an informal term given to a group of picturesque towns northeast of Moscow with Medieval, well-preserved architecture — and also the place of exile for Ivan the Terrible’s wife and son, Dimitri (later murdered), after the ruler died in 1584. My husband and I were ex...
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