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Unconditional Satisfaction GuaranteeNo Shipping Fees Above 302 Months to Decide. Returns Simplified.From beloved former-Book Larder Culinary Direction Polina Chesnakova! Bookplate-signed copies available for pre-order.
A lovingly-documented collection of recipes and stories from growing up and cooking in the Soviet diaspora, by one of the industrys brightest stars.
Chesnok: Recipes with Love from Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Beyondis Polina Chesnakovas third cookbook, a love letter to the food of her childhood. Born in Ukraine to Russian and Armenian parents fromGeorgia, she grew up cooking and eating at the hip of her mother and aunts.
From Georgian tkemali (sour plum sauce) and Armenian gata (butter pastry) to Ukrainian varenyky (dumplings) and Russian golubtsy (stuffed cabbage rolls) and medovik (honey cake),Chesnokshowcases over 110 vibrant regional recipes. Essays, stories, and profiles of the amazing cooks in her life are peppered amongst recipes as diverse as the communities from which they blossomed and the immigrant experience they were subsequently passed down in.
Chesnokpaints a potrait of the Soviet diaspora through food, and is for the children of that diaspora, but it is also for anyone looking to expand their palate and pantry and learn the rich history of a people through their most cherished recipes and traditions.
