Cabbage and Caviar: A History of Food in Russia by Alison K. Smith HARDBACK

Cabbage and Caviar: A History of Food in Russia\nby Alison K. Smith\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Alison K. Smith\nTitle: Cabbage and Caviar: A History of Food in Russia\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Cookery / food and drink / food writing\nPublisher: Reaktion Books\nPublication year: 2021\nISBN-13: 9781789143645\nISBN-10: 1789143640\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nWhen people think of Russian food they generally think either of opulent luxury, signified above all by caviar, or of poverty and hunger \u2013 of cabbage and potatoes and porridge. Both of these visions have a basis in reality, but both of them are incomplete. The history of food and drink in Russia includes hunger and it includes plenty, it includes scarcity and, for some, at least, abundance. It includes d.