The Russian Tea Room Cookbook by Faith Stewart-Gordon & Nika Hazelton - 1981 Edition antque This bowl is a beauty

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The Russian Tea Room Cookbook by Faith Stewart-Gordon & Nika Hazelton - 1981 Edition antque This bowl is a beautyThe classic Russian cuisine created in pre revolutionary days, before 1917, is comprised of Scandinavian, Mediterranean Baltic, Georgia, Armenian, and Eastern Mongol elements. It borrowed strongly too, from the French, German and Dutch cuisines all this of course intermarried with the hearty Russian peasant food that is centuries old in origin Faith Stewart Gordon {HISTORY} It's impossible to talk about the Russian Tea Room without mentioning its