The Kingdom of Rye

A Brief History of Russian Food

Darra Goldstein (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

200 Seiten

2022
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-38389-0 (ISBN)

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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. Preeminent food studies scholar Darra Goldstein offers readers a concise, engaging, and gorgeously crafted story of Russian cuisine and culture. This story 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.

Darra Goldstein is the Willcox B. and Harriet M. Adsit Professor of Russian, Emerita, at Williams College and founding editor of Gastronomica. She is author of six award-winning cookbooks, including Beyond the North Wind: Russia in Recipes and Lore.

List of Illustrations
Preface

Introduction
1 The Land and Its Flavor
2 Hardship and Hunger
3 Hospitality and Excess
Coda: Post-Soviet Russia

Acknowledgments
Suggestions for Further Reading
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	26.04.2022
Reihe/Serie	California Studies in Food and Culture ; 77
Zusatzinfo	16 b-w photographs, 1 map
Verlagsort	Berkerley
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Essen / Trinken ► Länderküchen
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-520-38389-3 / 0520383893
ISBN-13	978-0-520-38389-0 / 9780520383890
Zustand	Neuware