Fried eggs with jam? A short history of the USSR through its food

Nostalgia for Soviet-era food has gripped the new east in recent years, fuelled by a post-cold war generation who are unfamiliar with the regions classic dishes, and intrigued by a period their elders would now rather forget. Soviet-style canteens, such as Kamchatka in Moscow, now serve “herring in a fur coat” to queues of hipsters while curious westerners can now consult an English-language edition of Soviet cookery bible...
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