A Gift for Young Hostesses

The first edition of this remarkable book appeared before readers in the distant 1861. And it began… "One of the most read books of the 19th century", "the culinary bible", "the culinary bestseller" - all these definitions refer to the... work of Smolny graduate Elena Molokhovets, who seemingly knew everything about exemplary housekeeping and economy. By the way, before the revolution, the author's book saw over 30 editions with a total print run of about 500,000 copies, and what worth is the observation of Yevgeny Zamyatin that "in emigration, there are two most popular authors: in the first place is Elena Molokhovets, in the second - Pushkin".
This book is not only a guide containing over four thousand various culinary tips, recipes, and secrets that allow one to become a wonderful hostess, but also an encyclopedia of life in the 19th century. Molokhovets reads like a novel about a complex interesting way of life and a novel about a lost past.