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Cooking the Russian Way: Revised and Expanded to Include New Low-Fat and Vegetarian Recipes
Introduces the cooking and food habits of Russia, including such recipes as beet soup or borscht, stuffed pastries or pirozhki, and beef stroganoff; also provides brief information on the geography and history of the country.
72 pages, Library Binding
First published May 31, 1986
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November 12, 2018
Age: 11+
Grade: 6th
Genre: culture/cookbook
This book is a great way to bring a new culture into the home, and for those who are Russian but still haven’t learned to cook, this is a great way to get to know new or familiar recipes from their culture. Not only does this book share recipes, it tells about the Russian culture too. The introduction itself dives into the land, history, holidays, festivals, and of course….food! I want this book and other “easy menu ethnic cookbooks” in my classroom because I want to encourage my students to start learning how to cook if they haven’t already and to branch out to other types of food from around the world. Most importantly, this is just one of the many ways to introduce students to diverse cultures in my classroom. Cooking the Russian Way is just one book that may even spark a love for cooking in a student who brings this book home to practice cooking 1 or more of these recipes. I want to have occasional times for students to share out what they are reading and learning from their books. And for these types of cookbooks, students could share what recipe they made, their experience making it, and whether they liked it or not. They can also learn how to say the dish in the original language as Cooking the Russian Way has the names of each recipe in Russian, such as Ovoshnoy Salat Vesna, which translates to “Spring Vegetable Salad”.
Grade: 6th
Genre: culture/cookbook
This book is a great way to bring a new culture into the home, and for those who are Russian but still haven’t learned to cook, this is a great way to get to know new or familiar recipes from their culture. Not only does this book share recipes, it tells about the Russian culture too. The introduction itself dives into the land, history, holidays, festivals, and of course….food! I want this book and other “easy menu ethnic cookbooks” in my classroom because I want to encourage my students to start learning how to cook if they haven’t already and to branch out to other types of food from around the world. Most importantly, this is just one of the many ways to introduce students to diverse cultures in my classroom. Cooking the Russian Way is just one book that may even spark a love for cooking in a student who brings this book home to practice cooking 1 or more of these recipes. I want to have occasional times for students to share out what they are reading and learning from their books. And for these types of cookbooks, students could share what recipe they made, their experience making it, and whether they liked it or not. They can also learn how to say the dish in the original language as Cooking the Russian Way has the names of each recipe in Russian, such as Ovoshnoy Salat Vesna, which translates to “Spring Vegetable Salad”.
March 7, 2008
This is a great little book! It's a good resource for basic Russian recipes that I remember so well from my mission. I really like the way the authors have made the recipes very simple. In fact, I think this book is geared a little toward kids. Anyways, I've checked this out multiple times from our library -- it's great. I also like the one with Austrian cooking -- Schnitzel and Knudels!!!-- a "favorite thing", you know!
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