Cabbage and Caviar : A History of Food in Russia

• Autore: Smith Alison Karen
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Reaktion Books, , 2021; London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), , 2023
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (353 pages)
• Disciplina: 641.300947
• Soggetto topico: Cabbage; Caviar; Food - History; Food and society
• Soggetto geografico: Russia (Federation); Soviet Union
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: Let Us Begin with Soup -- 1. The Elements of Russian Cuisine -- 2. Environment, Agriculture and Technology -- 3. Eating and Drinking in the Earliest Days of Russia -- 4. Russia Becomes an Empire -- 5. Champagne and Kvas: Russia Divided -- 6. Russia Becomes Modern -- 7. Hunger and Plenty: The Soviet Experience -- Epilogue: Russia Again -- Recipes -- Glossary -- References -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Photo Acknowledgements -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: When people think of Russian food they generally think either of opulent luxury, signified above all by caviar, or of poverty and hunger - of cabbage and potatoes and porridge. Both of these visions have a basis in reality, but both of them are incomplete. The history of food and drink in Russia includes hunger and it includes plenty, it includes scarcity and, for some, at least, abundance. It includes dishes that came out of the northern, forested regions and ones that incorporate foods from the wider Russian Empire and later from the Soviet Union. Cabbage and Caviar places Russian food and drink in the context of Russian history, and shows off the incredible (and largely unknown) variety of Russian food.
• Titolo autorizzato: Cabbage and Caviar
• ISBN: 1-78914-365-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809552603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Foods and Nations