Classic Russian Cooking

Author: Elena Molokhovets
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253212108
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 710

Book Description
Classic Russian Cooking is a book that I highly recommend. Joyce Toomre has done a marvelous job of translating this valuable and fascinating source book. It's the Fanny Farmer and Isabella Beeton of Russia's 19th century." -Julia Child, Food Arts Joyce Toomre... has accomplished an enormous task, fully on a part with the original author's slave labor. Her extensive preface and her detailed and entertaining notes are marvelous." -Tatyana Tolstaya, New York Review of Books ... should become as much of a classic as the Russian original... dazzling and admirable expedition into Russia's kitchens and cuisine." -Slavic Review What a delightful discovery this is!... an astonishing and immensely appealing work that will serve adventurous readers and curious cooks." -Nahum Waxman, Owner, Kitchen Arts & Letters What a joy to be introduced to Russia's Joy of Cooking by way of a scholar as knowledgeable as Joyce Toomre, who tells us what it was like to be a young housewife in the days of Chekhov and Tolstoy, feasting in Butter Week before the Great Fast, making pirogs and kvass, hazel grouse souffle [acute accent over e] and 'Drunken' plums, gathering berries, pickling mushrooms. A rediscovery of pre-Bolshevik times." -Betty H. Fussell, author of I Hear America Cooking First published in 1861, this "bible" of Russian homemakers offered not only a compendium of recipes, but also instructions about such matters as setting up a kitchen, managing servants, shopping, and proper winter storage. Joyce Toomre has superbly translated and annotated over one thousand of the recipes and has written a thorough and fascinating introduction that discusses the history of Russian cuisine and summarizes Elena Molokhovets' advice on household management. A treasure trove for culinary historians, serous cooks and cookbook readers, and scholars of Russian history and culture. Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian and East European Studies Alexander Rabinowitc

Cooking in Russia - Volume 3

Author: Greg Easter
Publisher: International Cuisine Press
ISBN: 9781934939956
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 292

Book Description
In this third installment the author expounds on the principles of organic chemistry as it relates to food science, interwoven with more than 50 detailed recipes, most of which have accompanying online videos. This unusual book fills a niche that is sorely missing in the literature. Namely, how specific flavors are produced by chemical reactions during cooking and how those reactions can be manipulated to improve results. There are diagrams, tables and explanations covering over 25 different topics. If you have ever wondered about such things as what the exact differences are between types of onions, or what bay leaves actually do at the chemical level, or what makes foods a certain color and what that color indicates, or why fresh tomatoes are sometimes combined with pureed tomatoes in sauces, or the science of how flambeing changes the flavor profile of a dish, or why stocks have to be simmered at a specific temperature for optimum results, and many other such questions, here are the scientifically accurate answers presented in clear language. The text is also sprinkled with tidbits of food history and a humorous take on life in restaurant kitchens. Perhaps even more valuable for chefs and serious cooks, the author introduces a never before seen method for producing your own tertiary flavorings, which are those psychologically tantalizing additives that are the trade secrets of commercial food manufacturers. Only instead of using bottles of chemicals, here this is accomplished using only natural foods, ordinary kitchen equipment and a brilliant novel technique. There is also an extensive glossary of terms relating to beers and wines at the back of the book. If you are an aspiring chef, you absolutely need this book. Understanding food chemistry has never been more important than in this age of molecular gastronomy. This isn't just dry theory. You will be able to make use of these methods in any commercial or home kitchen immediately."

Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking

Author: Anya von Bremzen
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307886832
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 370

Book Description
A James Beard Award-winning writer captures life under the Red socialist banner in this wildly inventive, tragicomic memoir of feasts, famines, and three generations “Delicious . . . A banquet of anecdote that brings history to life with intimacy, candor, and glorious color.”—NPR’s All Things Considered Born in 1963, in an era of bread shortages, Anya grew up in a communal Moscow apartment where eighteen families shared one kitchen. She sang odes to Lenin, black-marketeered Juicy Fruit gum at school, watched her father brew moonshine, and, like most Soviet citizens, longed for a taste of the mythical West. It was a life by turns absurd, naively joyous, and melancholy—and ultimately intolerable to her anti-Soviet mother, Larisa. When Anya was ten, she and Larisa fled the political repression of Brezhnev-era Russia, arriving in Philadelphia with no winter coats and no right of return. Now Anya occupies two parallel food universes: one where she writes about four-star restaurants, the other where a taste of humble kolbasa transports her back to her scarlet-blazed socialist past. To bring that past to life, Anya and her mother decide to eat and cook their way through every decade of the Soviet experience. Through these meals, and through the tales of three generations of her family, Anya tells the intimate yet epic story of life in the USSR. Wildly inventive and slyly witty, Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking is that rare book that stirs our souls and our senses. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Christian Science Monitor, Publishers Weekly

Cooking in Russia - Youtube Channel Companion

Author: Greg Easter
Publisher: International Cuisine Press
ISBN: 9781934939987
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 274

Book Description
The author shares over 40 years of his experience with professional tips and trade secrets, as well as a fascinating history of Russian cuisine explained for the first time in English. This is a comprehensive guide to more than 150 instructional cooking videos on YouTube by the author from around the world, as well as additional recipes and methods never before revealed.

Cooking in Russia -

Author: Greg Easter
Publisher: International Cuisine Press
ISBN: 9781934939963
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 228

Book Description
In this second volume, the author continues to share his decades of experience with professional tips and trade secrets from restaurants around the world. In addition to dozens of restaurant-tested recipes (each one with highly detailed step-by-step directions), this volume contains a wealth of information on such topics as producing your own dried seasonings from unexpected ingredients, technical aspects of braising, a lot about molecular flavor chemistry, microwave oven physics (and why you should care), mastering the art of cooking perfect steaks (including an original chart that will change how you think about cooking meat), a guide to spices from India and the reasons for toasting spices in different ways, a dozen common food myths debunked, selecting wines for cooking, some interesting food history, and more.

Food in Russian History and Culture

Author: Musya Glants
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253211064
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 284

Book Description
This Collection of Original Essays gives surprising insights into what foodways reveal about Russia's history and culture from Kievan times to the present. A wide array of sources - including chronicles, diaries, letters, police records, poems, novels, folklore, paintings, and cookbooks - help to interpret the moral and spiritual role of food in Russian culture. Stovelore in Russian folklife, fasting in Russian peasant culture, food as power in Dostoevsky's fiction, Tolstoy and vegetarianism, restaurants in early Soviet Russia, Soviet cookery and cookbooks, and food as art in Soviet paintings are among the topics discussed in this appealing volume.

The People of Russia and Their Food

Author: Ann L. Burckhardt
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9781560654353
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56

Book Description
Describes food customs and preparation in Russia, along with regional dishes and cooking techniques. Includes recipes for a variety of Russian meals.

The Cookbook : Russian House #1 Culinary Secrets

Author: Tatyana Urusova
Publisher: Tatyana Urusova
ISBN:
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 151

Book Description
This is a unique spin on Russian cuisine: Russian fusion with a California accent. Each recipe from the book contains a twist that makes the dishes interesting and delicious! Many recipes in the book go back to our childhood in Russia. It took us some time to find American food alternatives and recreate those dishes with the same familiar home flavor, but it turned out well! We like to cook and we like to experiment but we are not professional chefs by any means. Our culinary style is shaped by the nostalgia for the scrumptious meals lovingly cooked by our moms and grandmas, as well as traveling the world and getting to know various foods and cuisines. As a result, we created our own signature recipes that are memorable, unique and taste great. In our book we share ideas - not rigid guidelines - and we invite you to join our community of co-creation. Although our approach to cooking is more creative than scientific, the ever so common "Wow!" reaction to the first bite tells us that we are onto something. Our recipes are not just unique, but also very healthy! Organic, gluten-free, dairy-free, fat-free, vegan; there are so many ways that people choose to nourish themselves that challenge the norms of traditional Russian cooking. Our book can be a great source of inspiration for your fusion cuisine experiments and can awaken your creative culinary spirits We carefully selected our best recipes so that friends and families can nourish their souls by coming together and spending time with people they love, and can nourish their bodies by eating healthy and nutritious food. Our cookbook will help you: To replicate the most popular dishes from Russian restaurant using easy and detailed recipes. To cook delicious and healthy Russian meals adapted to American palate and food availability. To chose from a wide variety of vegetarian and vegan options. Our recipes are a great addition to your everyday recipes, which compliments health and open, cosmopolitan spirit! To develop a strong knowledge of Russian food culture and enable you to start experimenting with fusion culinary style. And you will have a chance to spend time with friends or family cooking and sharing meals together! About us: Russian house #1 is an experimental restaurant and intentional community for spiritual development. http://www.russian-house1.com/ Founded in 2015 and operating with a "no menu, no price" honor system, Russian House #1 relies on people’s free will and the culinary masterpieces of its team members. For over 3 years we have been offering a unique dining experience on the Russian River in Jenner, California, where the River meets the Ocean…

Russian Cookbook

Author: Susan Sam
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 72

Book Description
- This Russian Cookbook: For Beginners Made Easy Step by Step. - Contains a variety of traditional Russian recipes. - Each recipe has a simple step that can be easily followed. - You will find Russian cooking food interesting and happy. - Your hands will make a deep impression on your family and friends. - Common Russian dishes consist of salads, vegetables, unsalted soups, pickles, primary courses of meats, beef, pork, seafood, and mashed taters, boiled or sautéed, and also contains egg, caviar, smoked cigarettes fish, bread, butter, soup, Czechia, espresso. And desserts like cakes or your preferred ice cream and seasonal fresh fruit. - The most well-known Russian food might be them. Traditional cauliflower soup (Shchi), beetroot soup (Borsch), Russian dumplings (Pelemeni), potato salad (Stilichnii), pork stew (Azu), stewed meat in rich cream (Beef Stroganoff), Chicken Kyiv (Chicken Kiev), etc.

Cooking the Russian Way

Author: Gregory Plotkin
Publisher: Lerner Publications
ISBN: 9780822541202
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 80

Book Description
Introduces the cooking and food habits of Russia, including such recipes as beet soup or borscht, stuffed pastries or pirozhki, and beef stroganoff; also provides brief information on the geography and history of the country.