A review by elsanore
Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and Longing by Anya von Bremzen

2.0

I know very little about Russian history, and that made this book incredibly hard to read. I could not connect with the densely written prose. I will remember the descriptions of whloe fish beaten until the skin comes off in one piece, the Soviet mayonnaise and its ubiquitous jars, and copious use of eggs in Rissian cuisine.