About Hyacinth Walker: Hyacinth grew up in a Jamaican home, helping her grandmother cook delicious, traditional family favorites. As an adult, she moved to New York where she explored the many culinary delights that different ethnic cultures of the city had to offer. She enjoys cooking for friends, hosting fun, intimate dinner parties, and sharing her favorite recipe tips. What inspires you to write? I grew up in a Jamaican household and learned many delicious traditional recipes... … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Hyacinth Walker
Leo Tolstoy’s Family Recipe Book by Sergei Beltyukov
“Cookery Book, second edition, revised and corrected in 1874. Imprimatur. Publisher Stepan Andreevich Bers dedicates this book to his sister, countess Sophia Andreevna Tolstaya”- these words on the first page preface the Tolstoys’ cookery book that serves as the foundation of this work. Initially meant to be a joky gift of a loving brother to the great writer’s spouse, Sophia, this collection of recipes helps us get a glimpse of the family life of the author of Anna Karenina, War and Peace and … [Read more...] about Leo Tolstoy’s Family Recipe Book by Sergei Beltyukov
