Bonnie Stern: It was a one-Tsar meal Eva Stachniak's new novel The Winter Palace took my book club guests into the treacherous world of Catherine the Great. Although Stachniak said Catherine did not care much about food, we were lucky to have Jamie Kennedy cooking Russian specialties at Gilead Caf. Along with blini and wild mushroom strudel he served vodka shooters from 66 Gilead, a new distillery in Prince Edward County, and Cuvee Catherine, a sparkling wine from Henry of Pelham. Then we had beet borscht followed by coulibiac of salmon, beef strogonoff and rum baba with Kennedy's preserved fruits for dessert. Catherine never had it so good.