ChefGreg
American expat in Russia
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About me
American
Lives in Saint Petersburg
Registration: 26 August 2012
About
My expat journey
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Executive chef, food and cocktail writer for the Los Angeles Times (known as "Our Man in Saint Petersburg").
Chef and restaurant consultant.
Highly challenging for many reasons. I enjoy working hard and solving problems, so this has been a plus.
The bureaucracy involved in filing so-called technology cards for every recipe or change in recipe. Finding qualified and motivated cooks is also unusually difficult.
USA
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Are you happy in Russia? by Priscilla
Hello everyone! According to the 2016 UN World Happiness Survey, Denmark, Switzerland and Iceland are the happiest countries on earth. How about you? Are you happy in Russia? Do you feel happier today in your host country than before in your ...
No nation is Utopia, but Russia is far better than the United States in almost every way. I've been living here for 10 years and know dozens of expat Americans. The one thing we all have in common is absolutely no desire to ever return to the US ... Read More