Publisher's Synopsis
"Why did we decide to collect recipes when there are so many of them on the Internet, where one can find virtually everything one needs? Well... perhaps not everything. There are indeed good recipes out there, but they are often not quite right. Especially when on remembers the favorite dishes Mother or Grandmother used to make at home, their aromas that evoke memories of family celebrations, the warmth and comfort of one's old home... Alas, the people who carry on the old traditions are passing away, leaving behind loving memories but no written memoirs or diaries. How much do we know about the passing generation? Let's be honest: not that much. We know only those things they were willing to tell and we were willing to hear and remember. The reason that generation, which had lived through WWII and Stalin's repressions, left no diaries or letters was that writing was a risky business: any recorded information might be used against the w
