Classic Russian Cooking: Elena Molokhovets' "A Gift to Young Housewives

Classic Russian Cooking: Elena Molokhovets' "A Gift to Young Housewives by Molokhovets, Elena. Paperback edition. ISBN: 9780253212108.

"Joyce Toomre . . . has accomplished an enormous task, fully on a par with the original authors slave labor. Her extensive preface and her detailed and entertaining notes are marvelous." ―Tatyana Tolstaya, New York Review of Books "Classic Russian Cooking is a book that I highly recommend. Joyce Toomre has done a marvelous job of translating this valuable and fascinating source book. Its the Fanny Farmer and Isabella Beeton of Russias 19th century." ―Julia Child, Food Arts "This is a delicious book, and Indiana University Press has served it up beautifully." ―Russian Review " . . . should become as much of a classic as the Russian original . . . dazzling and admirable expedition into Russias kitchens and cuisine." ―Slavic Review "It gives a delightful and fascinating picture of the foods of pre-Communist Russia." ―The Christian Science Monitor First published in 1861, this "bible" of Russian homemakers offered not only a compendium of recipes, but also instructions about such matters as setting up a kitchen, managing servants, shopping, and proper winter storage. Joyce Toomre has superbly translated and annotated over one thousand of the recipes and has written a thorough and fascinating introduction which discusses the history of Russian cuisine and summarizes Molokhovets advice on household management. A treasure trove for culinary historians, serious cooks and cookbook readers, and scholars of Russian history and culture.