{"product_id":"classic-russian-cooking-elena-molokhovets-a-gift-to-young-housewives-9780253212108","title":"Classic Russian Cooking: Elena Molokhovets' a Gift to Young Housewives","description":"\u003cp\u003eJoyce Toomre . . . has accomplished an enormous task, fully on a par with the original author's slave labor. Her extensive preface and her detailed and entertaining notes are marvelous. --Tatyana Tolstaya, New York Review of Books\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eClassic Russian Cooking\u003c\/i\u003e is a book that I highly recommend. Joyce Toomre has done a marvelous job of translating this valuable and fascinating source book. It's the Fanny Farmer and Isabella Beeton of Russia's 19th century. --Julia Child, Food Arts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a delicious book, and Indiana University Press has served it up beautifully. --Russian Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e . . . should become as much of a classic as the Russian original . . . dazzling and admirable expedition into Russia's kitchens and cuisine. --Slavic Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt gives a delightful and fascinating picture of the foods of pre-Communist Russia. --The Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1861, this bible of Russian homemakers offered not only a compendium of recipes, but also instructions about such matters as setting up a kitchen, managing servants, shopping, and proper winter storage. Joyce Toomre has superbly translated and annotated over one thousand of the recipes and has written a thorough and fascinating introduction which discusses the history of Russian cuisine and summarizes Molokhovets' advice on household management. A treasure trove for culinary historians, serious cooks and cookbook readers, and scholars of Russian history and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-237824\"\u003eElena Molokhovets\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Indiana University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/22\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 704\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.01h x 7.01w x 1.29d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780253212108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0253212103\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-CKB\"\u003eCooking\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-CKB072000\"\u003eRegional \u0026amp; Ethnic | Russian\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoyce Toomre, a Slavicist and culinary historian, is coeditor (with Musya Glants) of Food in Russian History and Culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42668353192173,"sku":"9780253212108","price":65.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_84831120-5b62-4a37-8da6-08650043a4d9.jpg?v=1649454127","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/classic-russian-cooking-elena-molokhovets-a-gift-to-young-housewives-9780253212108","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}