T-Bone Whacks and Caviar Snacks - Cooking with Two Texans in Siberia and the Russian Far East

I received a DIGITAL Advance Reader Copy of this book from #NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. From the publisher --- T-Bone Whacks and Caviar Snacks is the first cookbook in America to focus on the foods of the Asian side of Russia. Filled with fascinating food history, cultural insights, and personal stories, it chronicles the culinary adventures of two intrepid Texans who lived, worked, and ate their way around Siberia and the Russian Far East. Featuring 140 traditional and modern recipes, with many illustrations, T-Bone Whacks and Caviar Snacks includes dozens of regional recipes from cooks in Asian Russia, along with recipes for the European and Tex-Mex dishes that the author and her husband cooked on the “Stoves-from-Hell” in their three Russian apartments, for intimate candlelight dinners during the dark Siberian winter and for lavish parties throughout the year. You'll learn how to make fresh seafood dishes from Russia's Far East, pine nut meringues and frozen cranberry cream from Irkutsk, enticing appetizers from the dining car of a Trans-Siberian luxury train, and flaming “Baked Siberia” (the Russian twist on Baked Alaska). And here's the bonus: All of these recipes can be made with ingredients from your local supermarket or your nearest delicatessen.

Unable to sleep last night (cough, cough, cough) I stayed up and devoured this book instead. What a great way to "marry" two cuisines!! I loved the incredulous questions about Siberia as having spent time Yakutsk (where hot flashes were welcome) I was asked many of the same questions - mind You I was asked once by a US Air Force pilot stationed in Virginia if Canada had AIRPORTS!! The stories were amusing and the recipes look yummy and can easily be cooked by even the most basic cook. I am about to go to the supermarket and buy some ingredients for borscht soup - thanks for the recipes and inspiration for many meals to come!!