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'A spicy and original romp through Russian history' ROBERT SERVICE'Poignant, comical, and in the best sense disturbing' PAUL FREEDMAN, AUTHOR OF TEN RESTAURANTS THAT CHANGED AMERICA'This wickedly delicious tale uncovers the secret, gustatory history of the Kremlin and will leave you begging for seconds' DOUGLAS SMITH, AUTHOR OF RASPUTIN: FAITH, POWER, AND THE TWILIGHT OF THE ROMANOVSWhat's Cooking in the Kremlin is a tale of feast and famine told from the kitchen, the narrative of one of the most complex, troubling and fascinating nations on earth.We will travel through Putin's Russia with acclaimed author Witold Szablowski as he learns the story of the chef who was shot alongside the Romonovs, and the Ukrainian woman who survived the Great Famine created by Stalin and still weeps with guilt; the soldiers on the Eastern front who roasted snails and made nettle soup as they fought back Hitler's army; the woman who cooked for Yuri Gagarin and the cosmonauts; and the man who ran the Kremlin kitchen during the years of plenty under Brezhnev. We will hear from the women who fed the firefighters at Chernobyl, and the story of the Crimean Tatars, who returned to their homeland after decades of exile, only to flee once Russia invaded Crimea again, in 2014.In tracking down these remarkable stories and voices, Witold Szablowski has written an account of modern Russia unlike any other - a book that reminds us of the human stories behind the history.

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Mixing bold journalism with bolder allegories, Mr Szablowski teaches us with witty persistence that we must desire freedom rather than simply expect itTimothy Snyder, New York Times bestselling author of ON TYRANNYA devastatingly original look at the world's worst dictators, through the eyes of their personal chefs, by award-winning Polish author Witold Szablowski.What is it like to cook for the most dangerous men in the world?In this darkly funny and fascinating book, Witold Szablowski travels across four continents in search of the personal chefs of five dictators. From the savannahs of Kenya to the faded glamour of Havana, and the bombed-out streets of Baghdad, Szablowski finds the men and women who cooked fish soup for Saddam Hussein, roasted goat for Idi Amin and chopped papaya salad for Pol Pot. He reveals the strangeness of a job where a single culinary mistake could be fatal, but a well-seasoned dish could change your life. And in doing so, he lifts the veil on what life is like at the very heart of power.

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Qué menú degustaba Pol Pot mientras dos millones de camboyanos morían de hambre? Idi Amin realmente comió carne humana? Y por qué Fidel Castro estaba obsesionado con una vaca lechera?Este es un viaje a través de cuatro continentes. Desde las ruinas de Irak hasta las sabanas de Kenia, Witold Szablowski rastrea en este libro a los chefs personales de cinco dictadores conocidos por oprimir y masacrar a sus propios ciudadanos: Sadam Huseín, de Iraq; Idi Amin, de Uganda; Enver Hoxha, de Albania; Fidel Castro, de Cuba y Pol Pot, de Camboya. Estos cocineros cuentan historias sobre sopa agridulce, pilaf de carne de cabra, botellas de ron y juegos de Gin rummy.El presente volumen es un plato deliciosamente legible y muy serio.Cómo alimentar a un dictadorproporciona una visión, cortada con el filo de un cuchillo de cocina, de la vida bajo la tiranía.

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