Recipes from My Russian Grandmother's Kitchen: Discover the rich and varied character of Russian cuisine in 60 traditional dishes

Great book. Excellent recipes, accurate, precise, and thorough. The photos are beautiful and the history and culture are richly explained.

Bach's "The Well-tempered Clavier" offers a balanced array of musical challenges to the`novice player. Even for the relative beginner. the results can sound good. "Recipes from my Russian Grandmother's Kitchen" is like that, Russian cooking-wise.As a novice, I was looking for--introductory stories of Russian cuisine, eating habits, and ingredients to help understand the context of the recipes--recipes balanced to reflect this tradition--ingredients generally available in the U.S.--step x step directions with some time-saving choices--informative illustrationsThis hard-cover book, published in 2014, delivers the goods nicely indeed--the discussion of the usual Russian dinner involving a robust soup, a main dish, and dessert is reflected in the contents which begin with nine hearty soups, go on to fish and meat dishes, and conclude with ravishing desserts. As stated on the cover, 60 recipes in all--the importance of an hospitable table of zakuski (hearty appetizers) and of religious holidays such as Easter are reflected in a mouth-watering section on appetizers and in preparation of traditional dishes such as the Paschal cake--the excellent photographs by Jon Whitaker make step-by-step preparation easy to follow and all the ingredients listed are available even in the small town where I live; some time-saving approaches are offered including use of already prepared/purchased puff pastryA bright star in the accuracy of the title. These ARE grandmother's cooking in recipes chosen, in preparation, and in the more subtle aspects such as using tableware and china from a granny's kitchen. Catherine the Great's recipes, china, or squadron of cooks this is not,nor is it a "Mastering the art of Russian cooking" tome. Traditional granny is what I was looking for, and that is what the book delivers.Among the recipes I particularly like are Georgian Meat Soup, Blini, Fish with Mushroom & Dill Sauce, and Sauerkraut Stew with Prunes. There are a LOT of recipes using sauerkraut/cabbage, preserved cucumbers (who knew?) and sour cream (smetana), ingredients available without high cost and throughout the year in the Russian climate.ANY ALERTS? A big omission (to me) was not a single recipe for the black or dark rye breads, despite the text emphasis on how this bread is essential to every meal. If it is that important, how about a recipe or two? Also, this is a slender book with fewer recipes than some: a sampler of general Granny cooking,not more regional or comprehensive. Further. as a newer book, expect to pay a new book price as used copies for a few pennies aren;t yet available.Overall, however, a delight for eye and mouth and belly, that a beginner in Russian cooking can achieve! Thank you, author and production team!

I bought this book hoping it would be good because I'm having my kids study Russia right now and wanted them to learn about the local foods. There were no pictures on amazon of the inside, but I crossed my fingers and bought it anyways. Let me just say that it far exceeded my expectations. This book is not huge, but it is a feast for the eyes. It is a good quality sturdy book filled with insights about the culture of the region, which I appreciate. Food is so important to an area's culture and this book displays it well. I love that EVERY recipe has full color pictures of both the finished product and steps along the way. I find that a wonderful asset to recipes you have never tried. It helps entice you to try daring new recipes with unfamiliar ingredients if you can look at it and say, "Wow! That looks good!" Many recipes include notes on variations as well. I snapped several pictures just so you can tell what the inside is like. I wish every cookbook was as beautifully done as this one. Well done to the author, photographer, and editor. I would be interested to see if they have other cookbooks because of the presentation of this book. Hopefully this review helps you in deciding if this is something you want to purchase.

A Kim text, rather quaint . Receipts easy to make. Photos helpful for anyone not familiar with Russian cooking

Easy to follow recipes, beautiful photos. Blini (crepes) are soooooo good! However, plov recipe was not authentic (what plov doesn't use cumin??...) As with all my cook books, a few recipes are a complete success, while the rest are either don't taste right or not very authentic.

Very basic and delicious recipes.However the 4 star is because the font is sooo small😖

Nice little book, not a ton of recipes, but the ones in it are good. Good photography.

Really looking forward to trying some of the recipes in here. It's easy to understand and with the exception of one or two items, you can get anything you need for the recipes.

The recipes look fine, but why we need two for borsch I have no idea. Secondly, the Russian transliteration is beyond awful. Did anyone proof read it? The names of the recipes are often half finished. for example, the one with sole in russian just says "sole with". As the author is Ukrainian (I assume from her name), this is inexcusable.

we had to return this book. the text is in such small letters that one can hardly read it. the receipes are not exactly russian grandma cooking but more of a collection of food from around the former soviet union and turkey. it definitely is not what it promises.

Great recipe book! Original recipes (I’m Russian, I can confirm they are proper). It also looks good (bought as a present)

I'm a huge fan of Russian food and wanted to expand my recipe base (Cooking with Boris, anyone? :D).I'm incredibly happy with this book, there's a fantastic variety of dishes in here (surely something for everyone) and so far myself & the SO have loved every single one I've made.

Genuine Russian recipes, good pictures and easy to follow instructions. My Russian culture loving son will love it.