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A descendant of the Romanov dynasty, CATHERINE CHEREMETEFF JONES's grandfather was the great-great-great grandson of the last Czar Nicholas I. She attended La Varenne cooking school in Paris and worked for two-Michelin star chef Jean-Louis Palladin in Washington, DC. The author is married to a foreign service officer and they travel the world with their two children.
When listing countries noted for their gastronomy most people would probably start with France, Italy or India, or maybe more recently Spain or Thailand. It seems a fair bet that Russia wouldn't be top of most people's lists. Mention Russia and the immediate reaction is vodka and borscht, but in this highly readable book Cheremeteff Jones dispels the stereotype completely. The book is part memoir (the author spent many years in Russia as a child and returned many times later), part history book and part cookbook, and it's the combination of passion, knowledge and enthusiasm that brings the text to life. The book follows twelve months of feasting and celebration, each feast described and followed with a succession of appropriate recipes. Recipes for walnut cakes, blinis and cream, caviar, meat filled dumplings and plates of fresh and preserved vegetables get the mouth watering as the seasonal produce used subtly changes through the year. Vodka, and the ritualised toasting, do, of course, play a part in the book, but after browsing through a Russian year it's clear there's a lot more to Russian cooking than vodka, cabbage and beetroot. It may be time for those who joined Frances Mayes in Tuscany or tried apricots on the Nile to spread their wings once more. (Kirkus UK)
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