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Оглавление - The Soviet Diet Cookbook: exploring life, culture and history – one recipe at a time
- Preface
- 1. The Soviet breakfast of champions. Fried meat, boiled eggs, bread and cheese
- 2. A second breakfast. Zapekanka (fruit & cottage cheese bake)
- 3. After this lunch, who needs dinner. Stuffed eggplant, mushrooms in sour cream, creamed chicken soup and kompot
- 4. Real food and realistic expectations. Fried eggs with tomatoes and croutons
- 5. In praise of grechka. Buckwheat
- 6. A Ukrainian dish no Russian will turn down. Borscht
- 7. Worshipping at the altar of the Uzbek food gods. Plov
- 8. A necessity for the Russian cook. Sour cabbage
- 9. A circle of sunshine for a gray day. Pancakes with pumpkin puree
- 10. Thanksgiving dinner on the Soviet diet. Fried turkey, mashed potatoes, baked apple with preserves, cranberry mousse
- 11. Soviet comfort food. Sausages and stewed cabbage
- 12. The special treat nobody makes at home. Rombaba pastry
- 13. The breakfast all Russians love to hate. Mannaya kasha (semolina porridge)
- 14. Happy Soviet New Year’s eve. Olivier salad, biskvit
- 15. The Caucasian answer to long winter nights. Bouzbash (lamb soup)
- 16. The tasty solution for leftover cottage cheese. Tvorozhniki/syrniki
- 17. An expression of the Russian love for cabbage. Shchi
- 18. The Soviet meal that makes Australians think of Mcdonald’s. Vinaigrette, golubtsy
- 19. You can’t have fried meat pies without lard. Chebureki
- 20. A not-so-bad-for-you breakfast pastry. Vatrushki (cottage cheese pastry)
- 21. What exactly is a Soviet sandwich? Salad with radishes and sour cream, sandwiches on toasted bread
- 22. Is it possible to be indifferent to a four-course dinner? Mushroom bouillon, bean spread, chicken with white sauce, lemon jelly
- 23. The way to a Russian’s soul is through the freezer. Ice cream
- 24. A bourgeois breakfast for the masses. Guryevskaya kasha (semolina porridge with nuts and dried fruit)
- 25. Nothing says spring like minced meat and icing sugar. Kotlety po-pozharski (chicken rissoles), Vesna salad (green salad)
- 26. Going native with turnips and mushrooms. Turnips stuffed with semolina, perch in white wine
- 27. The deep-fried bad guy of the Soviet diet. Ponchiki (doughnuts)
- 28. A cake that means spring, not just Easter. Kulich
- 29. A lesson in conservation. Pasta bake with cottage cheese
- 30. Looking out for Soviet vegetarians. Lentils with dried apricots, green beans with walnuts
- 31. A Victory day high tea. Flaky pastry with apples, sponge cake with sour cream
- 32. Dessert made with a Soviet miracle. Lemon cake
- 33. Recipes: the best Soviet medicine. Gematogen bars, chicken and rice balls
- 34. A German meal in the Soviet cookbook. Schnitzel
- 35. An easy, sweet homemade treat. Marmalade
- 36. The juice that pretends to be a meal. Kissel (juice with starch)
- 37. A testament to the Soviet love for Georgia. Chakhokbili (chicken stew with tomatoes)
- 38. Fresh ingredients make even Soviet food better. Roast beef, tomato & cucumber salad, wine & strawberry drink
- 39. Learning a Soviet staple. Homemade tomato paste
- 40. A breakfast to prepare you to build communism. Oat porridge and Borjomi
- 41. The Soviet guide to the perfect summer appetizer. Eggplant dip, beet dip, mushroom dip
- 42. Want to throw a party? Better find your herring plate. Herring with garnish, zharkoye
- 43. Russians’ love for black bread in a bottle. Kvas (fermented drink)
- 44. A sharlotka by any other name. Sharlotka (apple pie)
- 45. No day is too hot for soup. Pea soup
- 46. Life is getting more joyful, comrades. Stuffed peppers and red wine
- 47. The taste of Soviet summer. Marinated melon
- 48. Who needs delivery when you can have Soviet “Pizza”? Pizza (vegetables on croutons)
- 49.Bush’s legs and Soviet chicken. Chicken over coals with Georgian plum sauce
- 50. How to celebrate your birthday, Soviet style. Birthday cake
- 51. One more piece in the puzzle of Soviet cooking. Zalivnaya fish (fish under gelatine)
- 52. The taste of escape from big cities and cold weather. Peach soup
- 53. A tasty lunch the Soviets passed by. Cream of pumpkin soup
- 54. A recipe so complex it could only exist in a fantasy. Kulebyaka (layered pie)
- 55. Russia’s national drink isn’t vodka. Tea
- 56. The meal that bureaucrats and students can agree on. Pelmeni (Soviet dumplings)
- 57. The everything-and-the-kitchen-sink soup. Solyanka
- 58. A spoonful of sugar helps the lemon go down. Sugared oranges and lemons
- 59. The Soviet version of locally grown and hand-roasted. Coffee
- 60. Vodka, the rabbi and pickle juice soup. Rassolnik (a soup of kidneys and pickles)
- 61. Canned miracles of communism. Canned fish in sour cream with potatoes and mushrooms
- 62. The dessert that conquers all cultures and time zones. Rice pudding
- 63. A lunch they should have served in the school cafeteria. Apple-carrot cutlets
- 64. The meal that sustained the Soviet navy. Pasta with group meat (makarony po-flotsky)
- 65. Celebrating Christmas with Russian-style Christmas gingerbread. Pryaniki (soft gingerbread)
- 66. A proper New Year Celebration requires a fur coat. Herring with garnishes (under a fur coat)
- 67. The Soviet version of an American classic. Potato salad
- 68. The official Jewish contribution to Soviet cooking. Forshmak
- 69. Corn – the wrong ingredient for building communism. Cornflake cookies
- 70. Learning to eat the food of chickens. Millet porridge
- 71. Feeling crabby? Try this Soviet comfort food. Crabstick salad
- 72. A noble dish, remade for the masses. Beef stroganoff
- 73. Luxury, Soviet style. Red caviar
- 74. The easy way to determine Soviet social status. Salami sandwiches
- 75. A tale of two pashtets. Liver pate
- 76. The classic Soviet cook out meal. Shashlik (meat on skewers)
- 77. The taste of summer before Coca-Cola. Home-made lemonade
- 78. Pirozhki: a labor of love. Small filled pies
- 79. Khvorost: the addictive Uzbek dessert. Fried pastry strips
- 80. Dolma: memories wrapped in grape leaves. Dolma (rice and ground meat in grape leaves)
- Final thoughts
- Index
- About author