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

informative medium-paced

4.25

This was an interesting memoir, although it didn’t focus on the food as much as I was hoping. I enjoyed the intimate look at life in the USSR, both pre and post dissolution. I listened to the audiobook and wasn’t a huge fan of the narrator. I dislike when a narrator is cast who is putting on an accent for the whole book, it just feels weird not to cast someone with the correct accent. This one felt especially egregious, almost mocking, and I really didn’t enjoy it.