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Darra Goldstein

The Kingdom of Rye: A Brief History of Russian Food

The Kingdom of Rye: A Brief History of Russian Food

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Darra Goldstein's "The Kingdom of Rye" explores Russian cuisine and culture, revealing national identity and social structures through food. It demonstrates the Russians' ingenuity in overcoming hunger and hardship while deciphering Russia's social structures from within.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 200 pages
Publication date: 23 April 2024
Publisher: University of California Press

  Celebrated food scholar Darra Goldstein takes readers on a vivid tour of history and culture through Russian cuisine. The Kingdom of Rye unearths the foods and flavors of the Russian land, offering a concise, engaging, and gorgeously crafted story of Russian cuisine and culture. Goldstein demonstrates how national identity is revealed through food, and how people know who they are by what they eat together. The Kingdom of Rye examines the Russians ingenuity in overcoming hunger, a difficult climate, and a history of political hardship while deciphering Russia's social structures from within. This is a domestic history of Russian food that serves up a deeper history, demonstrating that the wooden spoon is mightier than the scepter.

Weight: 238g
Dimension: 139 x 210 x 16 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780520402072

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