The Curious Cook by Harold J Mcgee
Arkady Polishchuk came of age in Stalin's Russia, in the turbulent times before, during and after World War I. His love for the Soviet dictator persisted for years until Polishchuk, a 19-year-old Jew, was not admitted to the university. In 1952, he learned about the preparations for mass deportation of Jews to Siberia. He celebrated Stalin's death in 1953--but state oppression dominated his life as before. As a young reporter for the Kostroma regional newspaper, he met with destitute plowmen, teenage milkmaids and former prisoners turned woodcutters, and wrote about them. When his satirical flair outraged a Communist Party secretary, the KGB initiated a political case against him and he fled to avoid persecution. His memoir describes his painstaking journey toward mental and spiritual liberation.Harold McGee is a world-renowned expert on food and cookery science. He has published two prize-winning books, On Food and Cooking and The Curious Cook, as well as numerous articles and reviews, and has studied science and literature at Caltech and Yale. He currently resides in San Francisco.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780865474529 |
| ISBN 10 | 0865474524 |
| Title | The Curious Cook |
| Author | Harold J Mcgee |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | North Point Press |
| Year published | 1990-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 339 |
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