2025/12/02 by Ani Hovhannisjan, Magdalena Eriksröd-Burger
#Cake #Cooking recipe #Cultural history #Napoleon Buonaparte #Pastry #Russian Empire #Slavic philology
paper · doi:10.25355/g97q-jn34
Every recipe tells a story – be it that of one’s own family, social group, region, of nation states or whole empires. A particular dish is thus always both a symbol and an expression of cultural concepts. A recipe booklet compiled by students at the University of Bamberg looks at “Culinary Forays Into Eastern Europe” (Kulinarische Streifzüge durch das östliche Europa) and brings together a series of recipes of cultural and historical interest. Below is an especially delicious sample.