Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and Longing - VERY GOOD
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand
- Unbranded
- MPN
- Does not apply
- ISBN
- 9780307886828
- Book Title
- Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking : a Memoir of Food and Longing
- Publisher
- Crown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Genre
- Literary Criticism, Cooking, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- Cultural Heritage, Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Culinary, Personal Memoirs, American / General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Agriculture & Food (See Also Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy), Regional & Ethnic / Russian, Customs & Traditions
- Item Weight
- 11 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.2 in
- Number of Pages
- 368 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Crown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
0307886824
ISBN-13
9780307886828
eBay Product ID (ePID)
180406343
Product Key Features
Book Title
Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking : a Memoir of Food and Longing
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Cultural Heritage, Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Culinary, Personal Memoirs, American / General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Agriculture & Food (See Also Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy), Regional & Ethnic / Russian, Customs & Traditions
Publication Year
2014
Genre
Literary Criticism, Cooking, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
11 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2013-007787
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
947.084092
Synopsis
A James Beard Award-winning writer captures life under the Red socialist banner in this wildly inventive, tragicomic memoir of feasts, famines, and three generations "Delicious . . . A banquet of anecdote that brings history to life with intimacy, candor, and glorious color."--NPR's All Things Considered Born in 1963, in an era of bread shortages, Anya grew up in a communal Moscow apartment where eighteen families shared one kitchen. She sang odes to Lenin, black-marketeered Juicy Fruit gum at school, watched her father brew moonshine, and, like most Soviet citizens, longed for a taste of the mythical West. It was a life by turns absurd, naively joyous, and melancholy--and ultimately intolerable to her anti-Soviet mother, Larisa. When Anya was ten, she and Larisa fled the political repression of Brezhnev-era Russia, arriving in Philadelphia with no winter coats and no right of return. Now Anya occupies two parallel food universes: one where she writes about four-star restaurants, the other where a taste of humble kolbasa transports her back to her scarlet-blazed socialist past. To bring that past to life, Anya and her mother decide to eat and cook their way through every decade of the Soviet experience. Through these meals, and through the tales of three generations of her family, Anya tells the intimate yet epic story of life in the USSR. Wildly inventive and slyly witty, Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking is that rare book that stirs our souls and our senses. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Christian Science Monitor, Publishers Weekly, A James Beard Award-winning writer captures life under the Red socialist banner in this wildly inventive, tragicomic memoir of feasts, famines, and three generations Born in 1963, in an era of bread shortages, Anya grew up in a communal Moscow apartment where eighteen families shared one kitchen. She sang odes to Lenin, black-marketeered Juicy Fruit gum at school, watched her father brew moonshine, and, like most Soviet citizens, longed for a taste of the mythical West. It was a life by turns absurd, naively joyous, and melancholy--and ultimately intolerable to her anti-Soviet mother, Larisa. When Anya was ten, she and Larisa fled the political repression of Brezhnev-era Russia, arriving in Philadelphia with no winter coats and no right of return. Now Anya occupies two parallel food universes: one where she writes about four-star restaurants, the other where a taste of humble kolbasa transports her back to her scarlet-blazed socialist past. To bring that past to life, Anya and her mother decide to eat and cook their way through every decade of the Soviet experience. Through these meals, and through the tales of three generations of her family, Anya tells the intimate yet epic story of life in the USSR. Wildly inventive and slyly witty, Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking is that rare book that stirs our souls and our senses.
LC Classification Number
TX649.V66 2013
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- x***l- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseI had a positive experience with this seller. I did receive an incorrect item in my package, but when I reached out to the seller about the problem, they responded in a timely manner and resolved the issue. Items were packaged in a bag but arrived in good condition as described. I am very happy with the condition of the books I received. Great value. I have already placed additional orders with this seller. Thank you!
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