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Title: The Art of Russian Cuisine by Anne Volokh, Mavis Manus ISBN: 0-02-038102-6 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 17 October, 1989 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Art of Russian Cuisine
Comment: This particular collection of recipes is by far the best found. The author has included some of most traditional and best loved dishes like Russian Pound Cake to Bliny. This book is a must for anyone interested in Russian cooking or would like to try something out of the ordinary. For those folks that are experienced cooks and chefs, this book is great to enhance any menu or party. I highly recommend this book for anybody how loves food with a festive flare!
Rating: 5
Summary: The greatest!
Comment: This is *the definitive* book on Russian cooking. I've never been much of a cook, but now I cook with it all the time and it always comes out right -- exactly the way my mother and grandmother used to make it! Plus, all the recipes are framed with tidbits of Russian history and culture, and the context these dishes were eaten in.
Rating: 4
Summary: great collection of recipes, with a few reservations
Comment: Love her quotes from Russian literature and summary of food preparation at the beginning of each chapter -- reading these intro sections makes your mouth water. In addition, most of the recipes are Russian or Franco-Russian, in contrast to certain other "Russian" cookbooks which include an overwhelming number of non-Russian ones from Commonwealth or Baltic countries (if I wanted recipes from those regions I wouldn't be shopping for a Russian cookbook, would I?)
I have tried many recipes in this book, and most have turned out quite well (her borshch is excellent). However, i use some as a general guide and improvise, and to jog my memory of the time i used to cook with my grandmother -- they are just not up to her standards. A number of them seem "sovietized" (my opinion, i've never lived there, but i know money was tight and some unusual or expensive ingredients were difficult to find for many years).
Example: my granny's paskha recipe calls for 5 lbs. bakers cheese, 20 yolks, 4 cups sugar, whipping cream, nearly 2 lbs. butter, lots of vanilla beans (among other things); Volokh's recipe is quite frugal in comparison.
I realize that good food takes time, but some recipes are WAY too time consuming, particularly those in the Pirogi section due to the way the chapter is structured, which forces you to flip back and forth between pages to assemble.
Overall, an excellent, comprehensive collection of Russian recipes (with a few from non-Russian Commonwealth regions). The Wild Game chapter is particularly impressive.
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Title: Please to the Table: The Russian Cookbook by Anya Von Bremzen, John Welchman ISBN: 0894807536 Publisher: Workman Publishing Company Pub. Date: November, 1990 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Classic Russian Cooking: Elena Molokhovets' a Gift to Young Housewives by Elena Molokhovets, Joyce Toomre ISBN: 0253212103 Publisher: Indiana University Press Pub. Date: July, 1998 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: A Taste of Russia: A Cookbook of Russian Hospitality by Darra Goldstein ISBN: 1880100428 Publisher: Russian Information Services Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $17.50 |
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Title: First Thousand Words in Russian (Picture Word Books) by Heather Amery, Katrina Kirilenko, Stephen Cartwright ISBN: 0860207692 Publisher: E D C Publications Pub. Date: February, 1985 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Favorite Russian Fairy Tales by Arthur Ransome ISBN: 0486286320 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 29 June, 1995 List Price(USD): $1.00 |
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