In this unique celebration of Russian and Polish food, a fascinating introduction provides an overview of national and regional differences, the festivals that mark the year, and the classic local ingredients. The stunning collection of over 150 recipes, gathered from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Black Sea in the south, offer a rich, varied and culturally diverse cuisine with such dishes as Zurek (a sour rye soup) and Borscht (beetroot soup), the world-famous Pierogi and Pelmeni (delicious little dumplings) as well as hearty classics such as Beef Strogonoff, Hunter's Stew and the fabulous salmon pie, Koulibiac. With beautiful photographs showing each recipe in step-by-step detail, this evocative and inspiring book captures the wonderful essence of Russian and Polish cooking, and enables the reader to create wonderfully authentic dishes in their own home.
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978-0-7548-2311-7 (9780754823117)
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Elena Makhonko was born in Leningrad/St Petersburg and moved to Sweden in the 1980s, where for her first 10 years she worked in the fashion industry before beginning a new career in Stockholm's biggest test kitchen. Elena has cooked food with celebrities including Roger More and Swedish president Goran Persson. She has more recently written for various food magazines and has also published several books about food. Ewa Michalik jointly owns and runs the Patio Restaurant, one of the oldest and most successful Polish restaurants in London. Having been a guest on a recent broadcast on BBC Radio 5's Sunday morning show, Ewa has also spoken about beetroot on BBC Radio 4's Veg Talk and prepared traditional dishes for various BBC programmes on eastern European cooking.
