Rockridge Market Hall is delighted to welcome award-winning author and food scholar Darra Goldstein for a book signing of Beyond the North Wind: Russia in Recipes and Lore.
Meet Darra and have your books signed. We will have two recipes from the book for tasting during the event: Beet Salad (p. 176) and Steamed Buckwheat with Sautéed Mushrooms & Onions (p. 200–201).
Copies of Beyond the North Wind: Russia in Recipes and Lore will be available for purchase at the event.
This event is open to the public. No charges except for purchases.
ABOUT BEYOND THE NORTH WIND
Beyond the North Wind explores the true heart of Russian food, a cuisine that celebrates whole grains, preserved and fermented foods, and straightforward but robust flavors. Recipes for a dazzling array of pickles and preserves, infused vodkas, homemade dairy products such as farmers cheese and cultured butter, puff pastry hand pies stuffed with mushrooms and fish, and seasonal vegetable soups showcase Russian foods that are organic and honest—many of them old dishes that feel new again in their elegant minimalism.
This home-style cookbook with a strong sense of place and evocative storytelling brings to life a rarely seen portrait of Russia, its people, and its palate—with recipes, gorgeous photography, and essays on the little-known culinary history of this fascinating and wild part of the world.
Enjoy 100 honest and timeless recipes such as Dumplings with Mushrooms and Buckwheat, Roasted Radishes with Garlic & Caraway, Pickled Smelt, Sea Buckthorn Tonic and Gooseberry Mousse.
“In this beautifully written, gorgeously photographed volume, Darra Goldstein captures both the archaic soul of old Russia and the hip new global zeitgeist. Her love letter to the mysterious Russian North brims with revelations, from recipes I can’t wait to make—dandelion blossom syrup! pumpkin pancakes!—to intimate portraits of cooks, erudite historical essays, and evocative travel notes. Part recipe collection, part cultural anthropology, part poetic evocation of place, this is the best kind of cookbook: one that evokes an entire culture at the table.”
– Anya von Bremzen, author Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking
“Ever since I started to cook from Goldstein’s classic book, A Taste of Russia, I have wanted her to return and explore more, to look at what’s happening in Russia now, to see how it has meshed the old with the new. Beyond the North Wind–rich, delicious, human–has been well worth the wait. Nobody knows more about Russian food and culture than Darra Goldstein. This is my cookbook highlight of the year.”
– Diana Henry, James Beard award-winning author
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Darra Goldstein is the Founding Editor of Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture, named the 2012 Publication of the Year by the James Beard Foundation. She is the author of Fire + Ice, which was nominated for James Beard, IACP and The Art of Eating Awards. Darra is Series Editor of California Studies in Food and Culture and has written for Gourmet, Saveur, Bon Appetitand The New York Times. Darra currently serves on the Kitchen Cabinet of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History and on the Advisory Board of the Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts.
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