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15 essays and several dozen original recipes from the renowned expert on historical cuisine, Ales Bely.

The Real Tsimmes: Tastes and Scents of Belarusian-Jewish Cuisine

The world has seen many books written and published about Jewish cuisine. All kinds – serious, cheerful, light, substantial, intricate, tragic… But there are very few books about the history of Belarusian cuisine. And here is a new, unusual book. About Jewish and Belarusian cuisine simultaneously. Or even more: about the cuisine of three historical figures who once lived on the same land:

• the peasant,
• the nobleman,
• the shtetl artisan and trader.

How is that possible?

Because both the nobleman, the Jew, and the peasant – having different mindsets and traditions – ate the same *krupnik* (barley soup). Or *babka* (potato pudding). Or *kishka* (stuffed intestine). Though they prepared them slightly differently and ate them on different occasions. This book is about the iconic shared dishes of the three cultures.

About the real *tsimmes*.