Nothing beets borscht: Jane's Russian cookbook

By Jane Blanksteen

Book Overview

When Jane Blanksteen traveled to Russia, it was a postlude to her fascination with and study of the culture of the USSR, and her exploration of an immersion in the Russian cuisine.A very personal... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689105916
• ISBN13: 9780689105913
• Release Date: January 1974
• Publisher: Atheneum
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Very Good

I use this book often. My kids are from Russia, and when they ask for a specific food the recipe is in this book. She also includes practical hints on how to make the recipes.

Borscht Schmorst

When Russia was a part of the Soviet Union, it was a more mysterious place than now. An Exeter student, Jane Blanksteen, became fascinated with the traditions of her Russian forebears. She researched and wrote a cookbook, based on talking to family and friends. She went to the Soviet Union to look up relatives, some of whom suffered under the persecutions directed at Jews and political dissidents. Her book is not "political," it is a loving tribute to good living and good eating, even in the midst of want and despair. The recipes are, the menus inspired. This is a book to savor, and on cold nights the warming dishes of classical Russian cooking will make you feel good. What a stroke of good fortune that Alfred Knopf heard about Jane's project and sponsored the book. This is indeed a treasure.