CCCP Cook Book

CCCP Cook Book
Author: Olga Syutkin
Publisher: Fuel Publishing
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2015
Genre: Art
ISBN:

This book contains over 60 recipes, each introduced with an insightful historical story or anecdote, and an accompanying image, spanning such delicacies as aspic, borscht, caviar and herring, by way of bird's milk cake and pelmeni. As the Soviet Union struggled along the path to Communism, food supplies were often sporadic and shortages commonplace. Day to day living was hard, both the authorities and their citizens had to apply every ounce of ingenuity to maximize often inadequate resources. The stories and recipes contained here reflect these turbulent times: from basic subsistence meals consumed by the average citizen (okroshka), to extravagant banquets held by the political elite (suckling pig with buckwheat), and a scattering of classics (beef stroganoff) in between. Illustrated using images sourced from original Soviet recipe books collected by the author. Many of these sometimes extraordinary-looking pictures depicted dishes whose recipes used unobtainable ingredients, placing them firmly in the realm of 'aspirational' fantasy for the average Soviet household. In their content and presentation the pictures themselves act as a window into cuisine of the day, in turn revealing the unique political and social attitudes of the era.

The Soviet Social Contract and why it Failed

The Soviet Social Contract and why it Failed
Author: Linda J. Cook
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 300
Release: 1993
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780674828001

This book is the first critical assessment of the likelihood and implications of such a contract. Linda Cook pursues the idea from Brezhnev's day to our own, and considers the constraining effect it may have had on Gorbachev's attempts to liberalize the Soviet economy.

Cooking the Russian Way

Cooking the Russian Way
Author: Gregory Plotkin
Publisher: Lerner Publications
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2003-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780822541202

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.

Soviet Space Dogs

Soviet Space Dogs
Author: Olesya Turkina
Publisher: Fuel Pub
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2014
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780956896285

Tells the true stories of Laika, Belka, Strelka, and the other space dogs who were sent on experimental space flight explorations by the Soviet Union between 1951 and 1956.

Red Nations

Red Nations
Author: Jeremy Smith
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 413
Release: 2013-09-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 0521111315

This book surveys the experiences of non-Russian USSR citizens both during and following the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Imposters at the Gate

Imposters at the Gate
Author: Aseem Giri
Publisher: Tusk Publishing, Inc.
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2007-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 160502001X

Despite having little patience for numbers, Ash Gyan wanted nothing more than to be a proverbial king of capitalism by having a successful career in private equity, the pinnacle of finance. His first two attempts to launch this career, after spending time as an investment banker, ended as false starts when the groups where he worked ceased operating. He had no choice but to go to the only place he could get a job, even if it meant joining a firm started by a former communist.

The Folly Acres Cook Book

The Folly Acres Cook Book
Author: Sue Webster
Publisher: Other Criteria
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2015-04-14
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 9781906967673

This artists book by Sue Webster, (one half of the infamous artist duo Tim Noble and Sue Webster) is a mixtur e of recipes and ideas surrounded by illustrations and photographs. It has an autobiographical feel, inspired by the artists purchase of an old organic farm and it's resulting effect on their lives.

Please to the Table

Please to the Table
Author: Anya Von Bremzen
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Total Pages: 692
Release: 1990-01-01
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 9780894807534

More than 350 recipes from all fifteen republics of the Soviet Union offer samples of the country's vast diversity--from the robust foods of the Baltic states, to the delicate pilafs of Azerbaijan

Notes from Russia

Notes from Russia
Author: Alekseĭ Plut͡ser-Sarno
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Arts, Russian
ISBN: 9780955006173

Edited by Damon Murray, Stephen Sorrell. Text by Alexei Plutser-Samo.

The Arab City

The Arab City
Author: Amale Andraos
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Architecture and society
ISBN: 9781941332146

Moving beyond reductive notions of identity, myths of authenticity, fetishized traditionalism, or the constructed opposition of tradition and modernity, The Arab City: Architectural and Representation critically engages contemporary architectural and urban production in the Middle East. Taking the "Arab City" and "Islamic Architecture" as sites of investigation rather than given categories, this book reframes the region's buildings, cities, and landscapes and broadens its architectural and urban canons. Arab cities are multifaceted places and sites of layered historical imaginaries; defined by regional and territorial economies, they bridge scales of production and political engagement. The essays collected here investigate cultural representation, the evolution of historical cities, contemporary architectural practices, emerging urban conditions, and responsive urban imaginaries in the Arab World. With contributions from Ashraf Abdalla, Senan Abdelqader, Nadia Abu ElÂ-Haj, Su'ad Amiry, Amale Andraos, Mohammed al-Asad, George Arbid, Mohamed Elshahed, Yasser Elsheshtawy, Rania Ghosn, Saba Innab, Adrian Lahoud, Lila Abu Lughod, Ziad Jamaleddine, Ahmed Kanna, Bernard Khoury, Laura Kurgan, Ali Mangera, Reinhold Martin, Timothy Mitchell, Magda Mostafa, Nasser Rabbat, Hashim Sarkis, Felicity Scott, Hala Warde, Mark Wasiuta, Eyal Weizman, Mabel O. Wilson, and Gwendolyn Wright.