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 autobiography biography essays 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 84%
reflective 73%
emotional 38%
funny 34%
dark 23%
hopeful 23%
challenging 19%
adventurous 11%
inspiring 11%
sad 11%
tense 3%

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slow 42%
fast 3%

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