Podarok molodim xozyaykam, ili Sredstvo k umen'sheniyu rasxodov v domashnem xozyaystve
A gift to young housewives, or a means to reduce household expenses
Book Description
The first edition of this amazing book appeared before readers back in 1861. And it began... "One of the most widely read books in the 19th century", "culinary Bible", "culinary bestseller" — all these definitions refer to the work of Smolny graduate Elena Molokhovets, who seemed to know everything about exemplary housekeeping and economy. By the way, only before the revolution, the author's book withstood more than 30 editions with a total circulation of about 500,000 copies, and what is worth the observation of Evgeny Zamyatin that "in emigration there are two most popular authors: Elena Molokhovets in the first place, Pushkin in the second." This book is not only a manual containing over four thousand various culinary tips, recipes and secrets and allows you to become an amazing hostess, but an encyclopedia of life of the XIX century. Molokhovets reads like a novel about a complex and interesting way of life and a novel about the lost past.
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