Food is truly the shortest path to the heart. And food is also family—genetic memory. “Mom’s borscht,” “grandma’s little pies”—those very bonds on which everything rests. For children, I’m ready to perform culinary feats. I cook every day so that everyone in my home—family and guests alike—will be deliciously fed. In this book, for the first time, I share not only stories, but also my favorite recipes, each of which is connected to a memory dear to me. And I know for sure: once you’ve fed someone—whether a child or an adult—that person will stay in my fate for a long time. Isn’t that happiness? Masha Traub
It’s known that families where soup is cooked every day break up less often. “Where is the connection?” you ask. It’s simple. What brings family members together? A common table under a lampshade and tasty food on it. Any wise woman will confirm: if you want to make it up with your husband, feed him first. If you want your children to be healthy and happy, cook what they love. Masha Traub confirms this axiom: with every dish whose recipe you’ll find in this book, there are stories, anecdotes, and jokes from her own life or from the lives of her friends and relatives. Never before has a cookbook been read like a novel. Never before in a work of fiction has there been so many recipes you immediately want to try in your own kitchen.