Celebrated Portland chef Bonnie Frumkin Morales brings her acclaimed
Portland restaurant Kachka into your home kitchen with a debut cookbook
enlivening Russian cuisine with an emphasis on vibrant, locally sourced
ingredients.
"With Kachka, Bonnie Morales has done something amazing: thoroughly
update and modernize Russian cuisine while steadfastly holding to its
traditions and spirit. Thank you comrade!"
***--*Alton Brown
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From bright pickles to pillowy dumplings, ingenious vodka infusions to
traditional homestyle dishes, and varied zakuski to satisfying sweets,
Kachka the cookbook covers the vivid world of Russian cuisine. More
than 100 recipes show how easy it is to eat, drink, and open your heart
in Soviet-inspired style, from the celebrated restaurant that is
changing how America thinks about Russian food.
The recipes in this book set a communal table with nostalgic Eastern
European dishes like Caucasus-inspired meatballs, Porcini Barley Soup,
and Cauliflower Schnitzel, and give new and exciting twists to current
food trends like pickling, fermentation, and bone broths.
Kachka's recipes and narratives show how Russia's storied tradition of
smoked fish, cultured dairy, and a shot of vodka can be celebratory,
elegant, and as easy as meat and potatoes. The food is clear and
inviting, rooted in the past yet not at all afraid to play around and
wear its punk rock heart on its sleeve.
