More Than Borsch: Cookbook & Cultural Compendium | Russian and Ukrainian history, classic recipes, and foodie literature and other tidbits
New York: Tablo Pty Ltd, 2020.
New Book.Item #3769
ISBN: 9781922439871
Binding: Paperback
304 pp.
More Than Borsch explores the true nature of Russian and Ukrainian culture through classic recipes, culinary history, foodie literature and enlightening tidbits, satiating both the stomach and the brain.
More Than Borsch is packed full of exciting content for lovers of knowledge and food:
Russian and Ukrainian History
To help lend context to the food, start with our concise, approachable, yet thorough history of both the countries and the cuisine, tracing the origin of the region from an 8th century Viking layover to an expanse which incorporates 11 time zones.
Recipes
More than 100 classic dishes that cover over a thousand years of Russian and Ukrainian culinary history and represent the very core of the cuisine, enhanced by factoids and tidbits, humor and quirky, original illustrations.
Literature
Slavic literature, from folk tales every child knows by heart to Chekhov’s paean to blini to contemporary authors using food as a symbol to rail against the system.
Art
Plenty of rich, full-color reproductions of famous paintings, illustrators, and photos of monuments to food. There are even a couple of our own illustrations in there.
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