Аннотация: CCCP Cook Book

This book contains over 60 recipes, each introduced with an insightful historical story or anecdote, and an accompanying image, spanning such delicacies as aspic, borscht, caviar and herring, by way of birds milk cake and pelmeni. As the Soviet Union struggled along the path to Communism, food supplies were often sporadic and shortages commonplace. Day to day living was hard, both the authorities and their citizens had to apply every ounce of ingenuity to maximize often inadequate resources. The stories and recipes contained here reflect these turbulent times: from basic subsistence meals consumed by the average citizen (okroshka), to extravagant banquets held by the political elite (suckling pig with buckwheat), and a scattering of classics (beef stroganoff) in between. Illustrated using images sourced from original Soviet recipe books collected by the author. Many of these sometimes extraordinary-looking pictures depicted dishes whose recipes used unobtainable ingredients, placing them firmly in the realm of aspirational fantasy for the average Soviet household. In their content and presentation the pictures themselves act as a window into cuisine of the day, in turn revealing the unique political and social attitudes of the era.

Автор/составитель	Syutkin Pavel, Syutkin Olga
Год выпуска	2017
ISBN	978-0-9931911-1-4
Производитель	Fuel
Издательство	Юпитер-Импэкс
Количество томов	1
Количество страниц	192
Переплет	Твёрдый переплёт
Размеры	205x125x25 мм
Страна изготовления	Франция
Тип бумаги	мелованная
Стандарт	2
Вес	462
Язык	английский