Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and Longing by Anya von Bremzen

Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and Longing

Anya von Bremzen

339 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction food and drink history memoir reflective slow-paced
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A celebrated food writer captures the flavors of the Soviet experience in a sweeping, tragicomic, multi-generational memoir that brilliantly illuminates the history and culture of a vanished empire.Proust had his madeleine; Narnia's Edmund had his...

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informative 83%
reflective 72%
emotional 41%
funny 33%
dark 16%
hopeful 16%
challenging 13%
adventurous 11%
inspiring 11%
sad 8%
lighthearted 2%
tense 2%

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fast 2%

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