This new Ottawa bakery makes Russian pies with uncommon fillings
Ottawa Citizen - February 19, 2025
Irina Khazanova has put a lot behind her.
The 40-year-old’s first career was as an editor and proofreader. But the last time that she worked in an office was in 2016. “I realized I didn’t want my life to be in front of a computer,” she says.
Because she went to culinary school as well as university, she embarked on a second career, selling cakes and French baked goods from her home in Moscow.
Then, she came to Canada five years ago, with her wife and two cats, above all to escape the the Russian government’s anti-gay discrimination.
“It’s getting worse and worse and we just decided if we want to be a couple and considered a couple, that’s one of the benefits I get from being in Canada,” says Khazanova.
In Ottawa, she recently finished working at Art-Is-In Bakery. Now, she’s fully committed to her one-woman business, Pie Rogues.
