The Kremlin's dining table

Caviar, vodka, borscht... Who says food is food and politics is politics?
In the great nation of the fighting spirit, every pork chop must serve the country!
 
Lies abound here, truth can only be found in the kitchen.
The chef not only knows the dictator's most private secrets,
But also glimpses the truth of Russian history.
A born storyteller, Witold Szabłowski, following "The Dictators' Chef" and "Dancing Bears",
Once again presents a new investigative work that challenges taste buds and the perception of truth!
 
★ From the last Tsar to today's Putin, through the real lives of chefs, witness the past and present of lies in Russia.
★ Author's preface dedicated to the Taiwanese edition x Direct translation from Polish
 
The last loyal subject to follow the last Tsar Nicholas II was surprisingly a chef?
How could Lenin, who overthrew capitalists with revolution, learn from the bourgeoisie to hire female cooks?
Stalin, full of suspicion, trusted his chef from the same hometown to taste his food for poison?
Gorbachev made crucial decisions that reshaped the fate of the Soviet Union, yet his chef was singing to the dough?
How did Putin's family climb to the pinnacle of power from humble beginnings as chefs?
Does the taste of the Kremlin still drift across the Eurasian continent?
 
The most skilled Polish storyteller is back! Over three years, Szabłowski traversed every corner of Russia, the largest country on Earth, interviewing numerous chefs who experienced major historical events in Russia and the former Soviet Union. Through the kitchen door, he unveils the mysterious veil of Russia's center of power. From the last Tsar to today's Putin, what did these powerful Russian leaders eat? Does their diet reflect their character and governing style? More importantly, in a country where everything must be political propaganda, what "delicacies" were the Russian people fed?
 
From the Communist Revolution, the Great Famine, and two world wars, to the Space Race, the Afghan War, the Chernobyl disaster, and the Russo-Ukrainian War, this book, through the sometimes simple and unadorned, sometimes vivid and humorous words of the chefs, and Szabłowski's calm and sharp investigative eye, leads readers into a country where reality and illusion are indistinguishable, to see the true Russia that only chefs can see.