Culinary St. Petersburg: The History of Pre-Revolutionary Cuisine in the Northern Capital. Late 19th – Early 20th Centuries
19.99 €
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Culinary St. Petersburg: The History of Pre-Revolutionary Cuisine in the Northern Capital. Late 19th – Early 20th Centuries
19.99 €
The history of pre-revolutionary St. Petersburg cuisine has been the subject of repeated study by researchers and culinary bloggers.
This book will reveal the home cooking habits of ordinary, middle-class St. Petersburg residents—the very people for whom the cookbooks with recipes that appeared in abundance in the second half of the 19th century were addressed, and for whom the capital's newspapers loved to publish daily lunch menus.
You'll learn about the training practices of cooks and noble young ladies who wanted to run their own households through various culinary courses; you'll explore a typical St. Petersburg kitchen, see a whole arsenal of various cooking utensils, and understand what cookware was preferred and why at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.
You'll stroll through the capital's food markets, grocery stores, fruit and small shops, and learn how clever salespeople deceived gullible and inexperienced customers. You'll discover the various methods of verifying food for quality and authenticity that city dwellers were forced to resort to if they wanted to avoid being poisoned or duped.
You'll also be treated to a daily lunch menu from 1900, complete with individual recipes and a glossary of culinary terms. Some of these dishes are perfectly possible to recreate today. Finally, you're sure to laugh while reading the culinary-themed jokes and stories.
This book will reveal the home cooking habits of ordinary, middle-class St. Petersburg residents—the very people for whom the cookbooks with recipes that appeared in abundance in the second half of the 19th century were addressed, and for whom the capital's newspapers loved to publish daily lunch menus.
You'll learn about the training practices of cooks and noble young ladies who wanted to run their own households through various culinary courses; you'll explore a typical St. Petersburg kitchen, see a whole arsenal of various cooking utensils, and understand what cookware was preferred and why at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.
You'll stroll through the capital's food markets, grocery stores, fruit and small shops, and learn how clever salespeople deceived gullible and inexperienced customers. You'll discover the various methods of verifying food for quality and authenticity that city dwellers were forced to resort to if they wanted to avoid being poisoned or duped.
You'll also be treated to a daily lunch menu from 1900, complete with individual recipes and a glossary of culinary terms. Some of these dishes are perfectly possible to recreate today. Finally, you're sure to laugh while reading the culinary-themed jokes and stories.
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