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Perestroika: The Dinner Party

Perestroika: The Dinner Party

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Condition: Very Good

Book Notes: Glossy covers with light surface scuffs and scratches, mostly on the front cover. Light wear at the edges and corners. Pages clean and bright. Binding intact. Invitation cards, stencil pages and planning pages are still in place in the book.

Author(s): Marianne Saul

Publication year: 1990

Binding: Paperback

Language: English

Publisher: Benedikt Taschen

Condition: Very Good
ISBN: 9783894501518

Perestroika: The Dinner Party - A Scenario for a Culinary Evening by Marianne Saul, with photographs by Johannes Booz. Published by Benedikt Taschen in 1990, English translation by Hugh and Sue Beyer, printed in West Germany.

As the back cover describes it, the book is the culinary scenario of a Russian evening for up to eight people. It includes step-by-step recipes for nine dishes with 169 colour photographs; suggestions and stencils for decorating the room and the table, with invitation cards, place cards and a detachable menu; and detachable shopping lists with hints and a schedule to help prepare the party.

Contents: Introduction; Kitchen Utensils; Kapusta - Red Cabbage Salad; Kvas - Russian Bread Beer; Baklazhannaya Ikra - Aubergine Caviare; Pirozhki - Russian Pasties; Solyanka and Shchi - Soups; Kulebyaka - Cabbage Pie; Sharlotka - Russian Trifle; Bliny - Russian Pancakes; Plov - Pilau Rice; Drinks; Decorating the Room and the Table.

ISBN 3-89450-151-0. Oblong paperback.

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  • Good

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  • Acceptable

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    (B) Good
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    (C) Fair
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    (D) Poor
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    (F) As Is
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