Her mother told her “Never Take Candy from a Stranger.” Especially in Moscow. Darra Goldstein was a young Russian graduate student, working on a US trade show in the USSR in the 70’s when a seemingly sympathetic Muscovite offered her a bag of candy as a thank-you. It’s a great story.

 

Veteran cookbook author Darra Goldstein visits the studio to chat about her scholarly new book on Russian cuisine, Beyond the North Wind.

This week, on Inside Julia’s Kitchen, host Todd Schulkin welcomes Award-winning cookbook author and Russian scholar Darra Goldstein. They discuss Russian traditions in the Arctic circle and Darra’s newest cookbook, Beyond the North Wind.

In her travels to the Russian North award-winning cookbook author and Russian scholar Darra Goldstein discovered the extraordinary in the ordinary.

Situated strategically at the crossroads of Europe and Asia in the Caucasus mountain range the Republic of Georgia has a unique and ancient cultural heritage that is famed for its traditions of hospitality and cuisine.

On today's episode of THE FOOD SEEN, we settle into the world of fermentation, preservation and curing, with Darra Goldstein

From smoked arctic char, meatball stew and savory puffed pancakes to Swedish almond wreaths, cardamom braids and whipped berry pudding, tune in as A Taste of the Past goes Nordic with Darra Goldstein.

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Darra Goldstein is the Willcox B. and Harriet M. Adsit Professor of Russian at Williams College and Founding Editor of Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture.