![]() ![]() Von Bremzen reveals her black-marketeering of Juicy Fruit chewing gum at school at the age of ten! Food was more often than not in poor supply. I could go on and on about the outrages heaped on the Russian people. As was black caviar, a staple for snacks. A poor grade of champagne though was always available. It was nothing to spend hours in a line to purchase one loaf of inferior bread. ![]() We go through Stalin, Lenin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Gorbachev, Putin (not necessarily in that order) and how each of them affected the Soviet diet.Įach of these leaders severely affected the food supply. Not only, though, are we graced with recipes (at the end of the book) but the author also shares the political feel of the times. She digs into her memory and shares with us the meals and certain dishes she remembers from her childhood and beyond. This is what author and recognized chef Anya Von Bremzen has done in her new cookbook Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking. There is no longer a Soviet Union but the memories cannot be erased. I opened what I thought would be a cookbook for learning how to cook as it would be done in the Soviet Union. Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and Longing by Anya Von Bremzen ![]()
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