Classic Russian Cooking: Elena Molokhovets' 'A Gift To Young Housewives',New

Joyce 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'Classic Russian Cooking 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'This Is A Delicious Book, And Indiana University Press Has Served It Up Beautifully.' Russian Review' . . . Should Become As Much Of A Classic As The Russian Original . . . Dazzling And Admirable Expedition Into Russia'S Kitchens And Cuisine.' Slavic Review'It Gives A Delightful And Fascinating Picture Of The Foods Of Precommunist Russia.' The Christian Science Monitorfirst 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.