2022/12/22 by Olga Trufanova
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Health Professions · Social Sciences · #Culinary Culture and Tourism #Ethnography #Food culture #Georg Wilhelm #Gerhard Friedrich #Indigenous Studies and Ecology #Jacob Johann #Krašeninnikov #Lindenau #Müller #Nutrition #Second Kamchatka Expedition #Siberia #Soviet and Russian History #Steller #Stepan Petrovič
paper · doi:10.25355/vdwv-8082
openalex publication_date 2022/12/22 · openalex created_date 2025/12/03 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/01
This article invites the reader to join a culinary journey through Siberia in the 18th century in a company of ethnographers from Europe and the Russian Empire. For the Russian Empire, the 18th century was a time of great expeditions to explore the vast imperial territory that extended all the way to the Pacific. Explorers investigated flora and fauna, natural resources, and land and sea routes, but also the inhabitants of Siberia and their way of life. Relying on the documents from the Second Kamchatka Expedition, we will learn how the Europeans reacted to Siberian cuisine and what could be hidden behind their “disgust” at it.