Vintage Cooking book “Kulinary" in Russian, retailer 1961, USSR, Moscow, Soviet Era

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Published by “GOSTORGIZDAT” in Moscow, Russia, USSR in 1961 during Soviet times.
2nd edition of published in 1955.
Issued 1000.000 copies
399 pages
Hard back
Color and black and white illustrations
Excellent condition.

Measures: 21 cm x 26.5 cm x 2.5 cm

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Some information provided by Wikipedia
"Following the Russian Revolution, the official ideology promoted communal food preparation and dining, to maximise use of labour and resources and to liberate women to work. However, combined with widespread food shortages, this resulted in poor food quality and limited choice.
However, as it had been aimed at middle- and upper-class Russian households, it was frowned upon as being bourgeois. Moreover, many of its recipes relied on ingredients that were unable and techniques that were impractical in Soviet Russia.
As with most publications at this time in the USSR, the cookbook had both a practical and propagandistic purpose. On the practical side, it contained recipes using modern techniques and foods and provided advice on diet, hygiene and etiquette.
As propaganda, it began with a chapter on the success of the domestic food industry and its recipes combined ingredients from across the many republic of the USSR.”