Please to the Table: The Russian Cookbook Paperback – Illustrated, 11 Jan. 1990

Whole raft of recipes from an almost bygone era - well worth recording (and sampling).

more than a mere cooking book! A book to make you think about the Soviet Union, the Russian Revolution and what the end of the Soviet Union meant to us. A book that made me wonder about many things I took for granted. and by the way, tried some recipes and they were excellent1

Over 400 recipes from all the different parts of the old USSR. Provides a fascinating insight into the distinct cultures and traditions too. An excellent travel read as well as cookery book although at over 600 pages and text book size you wouldn't take it on holiday. Recipes are straight forward and use American cup measures.

An excellent resource, full of unusual recipes and plenty of snippets revealing the realities of life during the Communist and pre-Communist era in the various countries making up the USSR. The recipes work well and are clearly described.

Brilliant book! Got real disappointed when first got it - no pictures to go with the recipes, looking rather dull. But a year later I browsed a few pages and got absolutely hooked reading all the stories & comments as well as quotes from famous Russian literature books! Many descriptions made me real home-sick and I decided to abandon for a while my experiments with all other cusines and get down to my own Soviet roots - and so far I didn't look back! All dishes I tried so far were perfect - the author seemed to travel all over the place and wrote down only THE best there was - 'samije Slivki' as one would say!