Holiday Traditions of the Soviet Diaspora

The American Center in Moscow is delighted to host food writer and culinary instructor Polina Chesnakova in celebration of her new cookbook, Chesnok: Cooking from My Corner of the Diaspora: Recipes from Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. Together with Darra Goldstein, founding editor of Gastronomica and editor in chief of the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Food Studies, they will explore culinary traditions of the Soviet diaspora during the holiday season, why gathering and cooking together is an act of cultural preservation, and how the immigrant experience shapes memory and ritual. 

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About the speaker: Polina Chesnakova is a cookbook author and culinary instructor whose work has been featured in Saveur, The Washington Post, Bloomberg Weekend, and more. Her latest book, Chesnok: Cooking from My Corner of the Diaspora: Recipes from Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia, explores life and cooking in the Soviet diaspora through family stories and recipes. She lives in Providence with her husband and two children. 

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