Lidia Bondarenko

I don’t treat myself as a careerist and that helps greatly. You’d better not fuss about carrier ladder and these things, otherwise you’ll get nothing more than negative emotions and more wrinkles.

I adore cooking. I may look up somebody’s recipe, load one from the Internet or draw it from literature, still I always challenge to create my own cocktail of various recipes.

I really like Belonika’s recipes, she’s a blogger. Opposed to great many of our cookery divas she is always ready to come up with some unique cuisine piece. In case she uses somebody’s recipe she represents it in a more sincere way.

I always order dishes typical for this particular country or a region, let them look scaring. Though I must confess that I couldn’t try insects when in Beijing. What was really crazy: to taste raw mincemeat with seasoning — that was a scaring experience.

Being a pioneer stands for belonging to some special caste. There was a time I was really proud of being a pioneer, still I would never let my children join the organization, that’s all about its overall brainwash ideology.

I was the first in Russia to make a press site for our brand. No other cosmetics brand happened to have the thing.

I couldn’t even think that I would saw and grow a lawn on my own. And you know I had to go through all the stages on my own: from initial trampling the ground down to regular grass cutting (laughing).

I don’t like pizza and spaghetti but Italian cuisine makes the best taste fusion for me.

Well, in fact I tend to get brightly impressed by some trivial things, I for one may take them as something unique. A point in case is my first trip to New-York when I was impressed by the Central Park and not by the great deal of sky-scrapers. That was the moment I realized the beauty of the city. I witnessed mice and squirrels performing such tumbles you are not going to meet at «Animal Planet» (laughing).

I watch all the cookery programs, Just can’t help doing this. At the same time I am also interested in ones, where cookery is just a motive to party and talk. I just apprehend to switch on satellite TV, which comprises 24-hours programs on the topic. In this case I can be sure that all my plans will go to the bad.

I just can’t remember a case when somebody told me that he envies me. I get purely positive feedback, which makes me be very grateful. Provided there’s any envy I do hope it’s purely admiring.