Hermitage Cookbook: Symbols, Traditions, Recipes

The Hermitage Cookbook is a hymn to the unity of material world seen through the prism of art, literature, ethnographic observations and historical documents. The book covers a wide range of culinary recipes-ancient, national, family and royal. And what is more, any one of them-from peasants' pottage to royal festival dishes-can be used for cooking even now, if a cook has enough patience and will.