No comments about PRAZDNICHNIE STOL RUSSIAN.

No comments about Russian Cooking [Foods of the World Series].

No comments about Russian Cooking Recipe Booklet.

4 comments about The Best of Slovak Cooking (New Hippocrene Original Cookbooks).

1. This is a good cookbook, with very easy to understand recipies with different variations of recipies like goulash, potato soup etc.



2. This is not the best cooking book I have ever seen, there are not pictures at all, and some meal might be particular to the authors area in slovakia , the introduction starts with saying from slovak people, which is unknown from my girlfriend who is slovak... When I read this book, I felt like it was written very quickly, it does not seems to be written from someone who got the receipies from his grandmother. However, it gives a good overview of what they eat, I recommend the cabage soup, mnam !!!



3. I must disagree with the reviewer from Amsterdam. I think this is quite a good cookbook. Though, if you're expecting Nouvelle Cuisine or modern fusion cooking, you will be disappointed. Slovak cooking is, at its heart, peasant food: hearty, filling, and unsophisticated...but good! Pirohy, dumplings, stuffed cabbages, pork dishes, poppy seed and nut rolls, and mushroom soup flavored with sauerkraut juice take me back to my Slovak grandfather's kitchen (my grandfather used dried wild mushrooms in his soup). My one criticism of the book is that, aside from the brief introduction, it contains no information on the cultural context of the recipes. Some personal anecdotes from the authors, and a bit more on the food traditions of Slovakia would be welcome.



4. If the author thinks this is the best of Slovak cooking he has not eaten great Slovak food. Sorry, I consider this book a waste of money.

1 comments about Rolled Wrapped and Stuffed: Great Appetizers from Around the World.

1. I cook regularly. This is one of my all time fav cookbooks. I have made nearly every item in this book and all taste wonderful. EASY and impressive when serving friends. Yes it was published a long time ago. that has given me enough time to make most of the items, silly! Truly, a gem!

1 comments about Memories from a Russian Kitchen: From Shtetl to Golden Land.

1. I enjoyed this book and its stories and recipes. I have tried several of the recipes, for example the Bean and Barley soup and the mandel bread, and they were very good. The stories made me laugh and cry.

No comments about Russian Tea Room, The: A Tasting.

1 comments about Lithuanian Traditional Foods.

1. This is a wonderful collection of over 300 recipes from the Lithuanian countryside. More than just a collection of recipes, it includes the cultural and culinary context in which the recipes arise, including notation of regional specialties. The recipes require an above average amount of cooking expertise (for example, not all recipes indicate how much dough to use to make a dumpling), but experienced cooks should be able to make reasonable judgments. No western kitchen appliances are referenced, but again experience will guide you. Some recipes are curiosities only (i.e., herring with hemp seed, carrot coffee), but most are doable and worth a try.

1 comments about The Practical Encyclopedia of East European Cooking.

1. The best Easter European cook book!

1 comments about The Taste of Dreams: An Obsession with Russia and Caviar.

1. Based on a 2003 paperback copy.
   
   The Taste of Dreams: An Obsession with Russia and Caviar... The author may be equally obsessed with each, but she spends a lot more words on the "Russia" half of her obsession than with the "Caviar" half. It's an interesting read mostly concerned with the author's experiences in post-Soviet Russia. Caviar makes recurring cameo appearances, but it hardly deserves equal billing with Russia in the book title. I don't regret the $7 I spent on a used copy and the few days it took to work through it, but don't take the plunge here if you are looking for a 275-page treatise on sturgeon roe.
   
   Best line in the book (paraphrasing): If you are asking whether or not caviar tastes good, you are missing the point.