{"product_id":"russian-food-since-1800-empire-at-table-hardcover","title":"Russian Food Since 1800: Empire at Table - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCatriona Kelly\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEugene M. Avrutin\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eStephen M. Norris\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Russia, food has a hugely important role in political, symbolic, and practical terms. In this illuminating history of Russian food in the modern age, Catriona Kelly - a leading cultural historian and keen amateur cook - reflects on this and an environment where what you eat (and drink) indicates how patriotic you are. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Kelly argues that an expectation of 'feeding' is embedded in attitudes to the state as provider, and that rationing systems have traditionally replicated and even enforced social hierarchies. The book looks at how Russian food is intimately connected with family and friends, and was an important source of delight even in the Soviet period, when official culinary provision and practices ostensibly sought to promote nutrition above all, and food was often short. \u003ci\u003eRussian Food since 1800 \u003c\/i\u003etraces these complex and contradictory associations. It also examines various shifts in diet and cuisine over the last three centuries, including the ways in which old traditions such as pickling and jam-making sit alongside wider world influences from the vast imperial hinterland in the Baltic, the Caucasus, and Central Asia, as well as Western Europe and America.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatriona Kelly\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Research Fellow of Trinity College, University of Cambridge, UK. Among her many books are \u003ci\u003eSt Petersburg: Shadows of the Past \u003c\/i\u003e(2014), \u003ci\u003eComrade Pavlik: The Rise and Fall of a Soviet Boy Hero \u003c\/i\u003e(2005), \u003ci\u003eRussian Literature: A Very Short Introduction \u003c\/i\u003e(2001) and \u003ci\u003eRefining Russia: Advice Literature, Polite Culture, and Gender from Catherine to Yeltsin \u003c\/i\u003e(2001). She first visited the USSR as a student, and since then has spent large amounts of time living, eating, and cooking in Russia and other parts of the former Soviet world, including Ukraine, Moldova, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Baltic States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 08, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52636198469939,"sku":"9781350192775","price":116.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/IZSk3mpZRw9781350192775.webp?v=1762267979","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/russian-food-since-1800-empire-at-table-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}