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T-bone whacks and caviar snacks, cooking with two Texans in Siberia and the Russian Far East, by Sharon Hudgins ; recipes by Sharon Hudgins and Tom Hudgins

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Includes bibliographical references and index

contains biographical information

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T-bone whacks and caviar snacks

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by Sharon Hudgins ; recipes by Sharon Hudgins and Tom Hudgins

Number 5 in the great American cooking series

cooking with two Texans in Siberia and the Russian Far East

"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."--, Provided by publisher

Introduction: the Asian side of Russia -- Kitchen notes -- The White House cook -- Welcome to Vladivostok -- The White House cook -- Of cabbages and carrots -- Around the samovar -- At Alla's table -- The two Galinas -- The stove-from-hell -- The high-rise village -- Cooking by candlelight -- The modern Russian kitchen -- Shop 'til you drop -- Russia's new market economy -- T-bone whacks -- Caviar snacks -- From the dairy -- Harvest of the seasons -- Processed, preserved, and packaged -- Pantry perennials -- From the baker's oven -- A wider world of tastes -- Hosts & toasts -- Party time -- An Alsatian meal in Asia -- Birthday bashes -- A Siberian wedding feast -- Any excuse for a party -- Tex-Mex in Vladivostok -- Winter feasts -- The holiday season -- Christmas in Vladivostok -- Holiday shopping rush -- Gala dinners -- New year's eve -- Happy new year! -- Russian Orthodox Christmas -- "Old new year" -- Siberian spring -- Welcoming springtime -- "Butter week" festival in Irkutsk -- The season of Lent -- A Spanish meal in Siberia -- A Siberian Easter feast -- Dinner on (and off) the diner -- Trans-Siberian commuter train -- Luxury line -- Dacha days -- Back of beyond -- Raw liver and more