A Year of Russian Feasts

"Foreigners who spend time in Russia soon learn that there are actually two Russias -- one public and the other private. The public Russia is typically cold and dark, backward and wary. The private Russia -- the Russia of tea at a friend's kitchen table or of sauteéd mushrooms in a village dacha -- is almost unfailingly cozy and kind."--From the Introduction. Travel to Catherine Jones's "private" Russia on a journey that takes you to a springtime bliny festival and Easter feast, to a small Russian village to discover and preserve nature's bounty, on a mystical quest for fall mushrooms, and to Red Square for New Year's and Christmas celebrations. Stop along the way for a vegetarian dinner in a communal apartment, a birthday party, a baptism, a tea party, and a Russian wedding. Equal parts travel memoir and cookbook, A Year of Russian Feasts combines Jones's warm, insightful writing style with her sensitive approach to discovering her family's cultural heritage and its cuisine.

Year

2002

Language

English

Publisher

Jellyroll Press

Editions

3

Pages

192

ISBN

9780971601307

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