Russian Cuisine. A Big Cookbook

Russian cuisine, along with Italian, French, and Japanese, is famous all over the world. Appreciators of its uniqueness, authenticity, and variety, wherever they live, are always ready to surrender to the delights of pancakes, pies, dumplings, roasts, cabbage soups, pickle soups, and fish soups, unmatched pickling, and amazing kvass, kissels, and sbiten. This big encyclopedia collects and describes the most famous dishes of Russian cuisine. Along with quotes from Russian writers, advice, and secrets, the book presents a great variety of jellies, aspics, pâtés, rolls, okroshka, pea and mushroom soups, meat and fish dishes, porridge and casseroles, dishes from rutabagas and pumpkins, jams, marmalades, pastila… According to Russian custom, the table should always be laden with dishes! May this book help maintain this tradition!