Moscow’s newly-starred chefs have put Russia on the culinary map

Borscht, pelmeni, stroganoff: The stars of Russian national cuisine are now in the spotlight, where aficionados suspect they should have been long ago. A new set of star-rated chefs are conjuring up tempting dishes using traditional Russian delicacies such as Kamchatka crab, caviar and sturgeon. And that expertise has finally been recognised by that arbiter of taste, the Guide Michelin. “The Russian capital is a culinary jewel that reveals a fabulous variety of national and international cuisine,” says Gwendal Poullennec, the international director of the Michelin guides, in Moscow. Michelin h…

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