A review by amyl88
Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and Longing by Anya von Bremzen

3.0

This is an interesting personal history of Soviet times, but was not exactly what I was expecting. The idea, I thought, was to create and serve a meal representative of Soviet/Russian times during each decade, from the Tsarist teens through the 1970s. The author discusses the political landscapes and social issues of each time, and she does talk about the food available to her and her family at the time. I kind of thought she and her mother, now living in the US, would talk about how they decided on each dish, and how they had to improvise or whatever to make it here. She didn't really talk about any of the parties they had after that first one. (If that's even what they actually did)

That said, there are some recipes in the back that look amazing. I have never had lamb, but the Georgian lamb stew sounds really good.