Literary Imbibing
The historic Russian vodka concoction, zapekanka, is infused with a range of spices and baked for hours in your oven.
Darra Goldstein is the Willcox B. and Harriet M. Adsit Professor of Russian, Emerita at Williams College. The founding editor of the journal Gastronomica, she is also the author of six award-winning cookbooks, most recently Beyond the North Wind: Russia in Recipes and Lore. She sits on the board of the Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts and is a member of the advisory “Kitchen Cabinet” of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. In 2020 she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Association of Culinary Professionals.
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Author Darra Goldstein explores the history and traditions of Russian vodka.