Mastering the art of Soviet cooking : a memoir of food and longing
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Author
Published
New York : Crown Publishers, [2013].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 338 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Status
Los Osos Library - Adult Nonfiction - Biography
641.5947 V945
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641.5947 V945
1 available
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LC Subjects
Cooking, Russian -- History -- 20th century.
Food habits -- Soviet Union.
Food writers -- United States -- Biography.
Moscow (Russia) -- Biography.
Russia (Federation) -- Social conditions -- 1991-
Russian Americans -- Biography.
Soviet Union -- Social life and customs.
Von Bremzen, Anya.
Women cooks -- Soviet Union -- Biography.
Food habits -- Soviet Union.
Food writers -- United States -- Biography.
Moscow (Russia) -- Biography.
Russia (Federation) -- Social conditions -- 1991-
Russian Americans -- Biography.
Soviet Union -- Social life and customs.
Von Bremzen, Anya.
Women cooks -- Soviet Union -- Biography.
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Published
New York : Crown Publishers, [2013].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-338).
Description
Born in a surreal Moscow communal apartment where eighteen families shared one kitchen, the author grew up singing odes to Lenin, black-marketeering Juicy Fruit gum at school, and longing for a taste of the mythical West. It was a life by turns absurd, drab, naively joyous, melancholy and, finally, intolerable.
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