Courtly Feasts to Kremlin Banquets
A History of Celebration and Hospitality: Echoes of Russia’s cuisine
by Oksana Y. Zakharova & Sergey N. Pushkaryov
translated and adapted by Marina George
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This is a book not only for lovers of food but also for those with an appetite for adventure and a thirst for the discovery of exciting gastronomic delights. |
The political and social history of Russia has seen some very violent changes. The more shocking the political events of a country, the more brutal the cultural changes can be. At times, the differences between the past and the present are so extreme that one is faced with completely different worlds. Despite dramatic and often heart-breaking upheavals, we do surely have a duty to remember those distant roots that helped to nourish the present. “Modern society contemptuously dismisses and sneers at the former way of life and deliberately breaks any connection with the past, which would always have been held to be so dear at the time.” These words of writer, historian and theatre critic Yevgeny Opochinin were published in 1909 before the full horror of the revolutionary upheaval. The relevance of such remarks is surely as valid now as then. |
Format | Royal Octavo colour hardback |
Published | 1 January 2021 |
ISBN | 978-0-9559219-8-0 |
Length | 204 pages |
Available | All good booksellers, including Amazon |
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