What’s Cooking in the Kremlin

A Modern History of Russia Through the Kitchen Door

Witold Szab Owski

TRANSLATED BY ANTONIA LLOYD-JONES

A truly original dive into modern Russian history, from one of Europe’s greatest nonfiction writers, Witold Szabłowski

A history of modern Russia told from the kitchen, the true narrative of one of the most troubling and fascinating nations on earth. We will learn of the Romanov’s last chef, whose bones were found mixed together with the Tsar’s in their woodland grave; the Ukranian woman who survived the Great Famine and still weeps with guilt; the soldiers who roasted snails and made nettle soup as they fought back Hitler’s army; and the cook who served caviar in the Kremlin during the years of plenty under Brezhnev.

Ultimately, it is a story of survival against the odds, in a country where life is cheap.