The Russian Tea Room Cookbook by Faith Stewart-Gordon & Nika Hazelton - 1981 Edition cattails and a frosted pink pastel

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each jar was handpainted and the glazes came in a wide variety of colors making each jar unique and also a fun collector's item

this covered dish was just as beautiful to behold as the wedge of cheese it harbored inside

Two pages tell how baking powder came to be a staple in the kitchen

The Russian Tea Room Cookbook by Faith Stewart-Gordon & Nika Hazelton - 1981 Edition cattails and a frosted pink pastelThe 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