According to Alice Waters in the “Chez Panisse Menu Cookbook,” whenever legendary chef Jeremiah Tower made blini at Chez Panisse, he’d recount how his Russian uncle felt about butter.

Grease the frying pan and heat over medium heat. As soon as it's hot enough, pour in 1 teaspoon of batter for each blini, or larger if you prefer. When the dough forms bubbles, turn the blinis over.

If you know how to make a regular buttermilk pancake, you’ll have no trouble with blini. You just make them smaller — the size of silver dollar pancakes, if you like. And because they’re so ...

“Russia has been on America's mind this year; and now, it has been on our plates,” writes Business Insider, highlighting as favorites “Butcher Block” blini filled with mashed ...

For this recipe, Food & Wine's Justin Chapple cooks a shredded potato mixture in a waffle iron until a crisp, golden blini forms, and then tops it with smoked salmon and a generous dollop of sour ...

To make the blini: put the flours in a bowl with quarter of a teaspoon of salt. Mix the yeast with the sugar, then add the milk. Leave for 20 minutes until a foam forms on the top. Make a well in ...

It's called Butter Week. And it basically entails stuffing blini (pancakes) with "everything from herring to honey," topping them with butter, and serving them all day every day until the start of ...