Food Culture in Russia and Central Asia

by Asele Surina and Glenn R. Mack

Book Overview

Russia and the newly independent states of Central Asia are struggling to reassert or create national identities and are receiving fresh attention from the West. After decades of oblivion, the vast Eurasian continent is once again divulging its intense cultural heritage and foodways to the international community. The diversity of food cultures within the former Soviet Union, with more than 100 distinct nationalities, is overwhelming, but this...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313327734
• ISBN13: 9780313327735
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.6"