I debated long and hard whether ordering @darra_goldstein& #39;s new Russian cookbook could be considered "essential" and decided that yes, it most definitely is. So happy to have received & #39;Beyond the North Wind& #39; in today& #39;s post.

I& #39;m grateful to have a sunny spot to read this wonderful cookbook. Over the winter I read her 1987 cookbook "A Taste of Russia" in bed, back-to-back, like it was a novel. Planning to do the same with this one (but outside).

And once I& #39;m done, looking forward to preserving and fermenting everything I can get my hands on.