Sweet Fresh Corn Plays Well in Many Dishes This cycle our Cook the Books group has been reading Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking, a Memoir of Food and Longing. Author Anya von Bremzen recalls her early life decade by decade in the now defunct communist USSR and her eventual immigration to the US when she and her mother fled Brezhnev-era Russia and arrived in Philadelphia. The book was a bit tough to get through with all the Russian words and especially its references to obscure public figures. But the stories about her family and experiences were fascinating, especially her... Read more →