Once Upon a Time, They Ate and Drank

10 hrs. 49 min.

Language Russian

Author Ekaterina Rozhdestvenskaya

Narrator Leontina Brotskaya

Description

The book is by photo artist Ekaterina Rozhdestvenskaya, the daughter of the famous sixties poet Robert Rozhdestvensky. It feels like you’re sitting at Ekaterina’s family table and listening to her story: here are family stories of the Rozhdestvenskys, a menu of birthdays, grandmother’s recipes, childhood memories, parents’ letters, travels and incidents—and of course, the famous guests. Lyudmila Gurchenko, Muslim Magomayev, Kobzon, Plyatt, Yevtushenko, Vysotsky—who only hasn’t sat at that table! And no one ever left hungry.

Author: Ekaterina Rozhdestvenskaya — the daughter of sixties poet Robert Rozhdestvensky, a well-known photo artist who gained fame through her photo works in the publication “Karavan istoriy,” a translator, and the editor-in-chief of the magazine “7 Days.”

About the book: “They lived, ate, drank. Family Stories” is an amazing book that combines the author’s touching childhood memories about her family and the legendary Robert Rozhdestvensky, daily lunches and holiday feasts. In these tender, heartfelt memoirs, recipes for classic family dishes, poems by her father, and rare photographs from the “Khrushchev Thaw” era fit harmoniously.

Features: Here you’ll find both recipes of dishes that became the hallmark of the Rozhdestvensky family, and ordinary recipes used by any Soviet housewife. Reading the book, you plunge into the life of the 60–70s, the atmosphere of old Moscow—poetry too—as if you’re sitting at the same table with the wonderful family of Ekaterina Rozhdestvenskaya and their famous guests: Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Muslim Magomayev, Iosif Kobzon, Vladimir Vysotsky—those who lived, ate, drank…