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Darra Goldstein is the Willcox B. and Harriet M. Adsit Professor of Russian, Emerita, at Williams College and founding editor of Gastronomica. She is author of six award-winning cookbooks, including Beyond the North Wind: Russia in Recipes and Lore.
"""Brief, but enlightening. . . . Deeply appreciative of Russian cuisine . . . and the ability of Russian cooks to take whatever was available and turn it into something edible and memorable."" * Food Politics * ""Replete not only with life and enthusiasm, but also with a deep wellspring of knowledge. . . . A wonderful, rich and thought-provoking book."" * The TLS * ""This concise, information-dense, yet delightful book provides a window into the nature and history of Russian national cuisine. . . . Goldstein’s book…can be recommended to almost any reader."" * Economic Botany * ""A lyrical tribute to the author's decades-long relationship, both professional and personal, with Russian food. . . . If readers want to grasp the sensory and emotional importance of certain well-loved foods and dishes in Russia, they could do no better."" * The Russian Review * ""The Kingdom of Rye contains an important coda on post-Soviet Russia… Goldstein offers a much more nuanced tale of Russia’s location in both Europe and Asia. Here is a country that is entwined in what are now global culinary trends, and a people with a ‘national longing for conviviality’"" * Pearls and Irritations *"
