Beyond Borscht: Old-World Recipes from Eastern Europe: Ukraine, Russia, Poland & More

Beyond Borscht” is a wonderful find — all my favorite Russian recipes in one book, easy to follow and beautifully illustrated with mouth-watering images. A must for anyone who loves authentic home cooking!

Very detailed description in each recipe, book includes all basic recipes with pictures and directions. My son got married recently to American girl, she wanted cook something of native and choice fell on borsht. To complete that mission we got Tatyana's book, one that my new daughter loves now. Thank you Tatyana.

Everything what families from Soviet times would have had on their table daily. Classic recepies of many nations, Russian soups, Ukrainian perogies Polish cabbage rolls, even Uzbek pilav. The recepies are down to earth, simple ingredients, easy to follow instructions and mouth watering images. Book is a good quality glossy thick pages, a little hard to bend and keep the pages apart, but im sure with time it won't be an issue. I like the size, it is not oversized as many great books, but just right to keep it handy. I wish it had a hard cover, to make it last longer, but quality of the content of the book makes this issue unnoticeable. Love it. Totally recommend.

Happy and excited for this book! I am adopted from Russia and love to incorporate my culture into my daily life in the states. This book is cool because my boyfriend has mostly Polish in his family and we love to cook together. Best of both worlds!

It’s so nice to have a book of a mix of Slavic recipes! I’ve gotten a lot of recipes online but it’s nice to have them in a book to look at instead of a phone. I made the cabbage rolls today and it was a success and it was so nice to be able to look at the book (I have a stand) instead of trying to keep scrolling on my phone and getting it dirty. I can’t wait to try some more recipes because it has some of my other favorites like sorrel soup and a few salads that I like, among other things.

This book has a wide variety of recipes from super simple to a little involved. The most complicated recipe that I have tried is the Salmon Coulbiac. I am not sure it is worth the effort since I made it for myself, but of course the author mentions that so I should have heeded that warning. It was fun to make. One complaint about the recipe is that it says to use frozen puff pastry. Do not do that! I can not emphasize that enough. Puff pastry is flour, butter, salt, and water. Frozen puff pastry in stores are typically made out of a chemical sludge. It is worth the effort to make from scratch. The borscht recipe is really good. I do wish that she had said why that 't' is at the end of it. There is no 't' in the Russian spelling. I guess it is like English speakers saying Moscow when it is Moskva. A real complaint about this recipe is that it says to eat it with "Rustic bread", with the 'R' capitalized so I assumed that it was a specific thing and a recipe would exist in the book. Nope. In fact, there are few bread recipes in this, which is good and bad I suppose. Overall, it is a solid recipe book. Most things are simple and unlike other cuisines around the world, the ingredients are easily available in bog-standard grocery stores. Except for buckwheat for some odd reason. Speaking of, the chicken buckwheat soup is amazing. I hateses mushrooms, but the first time I make something new, I follow the recipe exactly. The recipe is so balanced that the nasty taste of mushrooms blends with everything making it taste really good. Another positive are the metric measurements(it also has "standard" cups and teaspoons and whatnot) for the recipes. Cups, tea and tablespoon measurements vary fairly wildly. A gram is a gram. Recipes with metric measurements are always better. Invest in a good scale and ditch the inconsistent measuring tools in American kitchens.

I grew up in the U.S. since age 4 after my family moved here from Russia, so I've had my share of Russian cooking as an expat. I've had this book for a few months and have cooked or tried numerous recipes from it at this point, and I have nothing but good things to say about it. The recipes are delicious, beautifully photographed, and have clear instructions. The book also has nice descriptions of how the author came to know these recipes and what they mean to her. As a casual home cook (or rather, a co-cook with my fiancee), I like recipes with accessible ingredients which are not too convoluted to make, and this book definitely delivers on that front. Its recipes are generally (although not exclusively) straightforward both in their composition and in their preparation. The book is not incredibly long, so you won't find every famous Slavic recipe in it, but you'll find a good deal of them. Special shout-outs to the braised cabbage and mushroom piroshki, the sprat and tomato tea sandwiches, the golubtsi (beef and mushroom cabbage rolls, which impressed the hell out of my parents when we served them), and the mind-blowing dill and garlic potatoes.

Have made many recipes out of this book and haven't had a bad one yet. Even the kids love them, which means hardly any leftovers. Would definitely reccomend getting this.

This recipe book contains a ton of old favorites from eastern europe. I grew up with these foods. After my mom died, I couldn't find them anywhere. I was thrilled to discover it here. The book takes me back to my childhood. Thank you so much for writing.

Apenas hice las albóndigas y están deliciosas¡¡¡¡ Esperaba más imágenes pero aun así me gusto.

I love this book. I've made a number of the recipes in this book and they turn our perfectly and delicious. It is a great cookbook for someone with a busy life who wants to make some healthy food with minimal fuss. I also like the fact that only a few herbs and spices are used. I can have the staples and not have to buy anything other spices to make a different dish.

Soft paperback book, wish it was hard. Beautiful quality photos. Bought as a present. Sorry I didn't have time to study the recipes for errors.

Absolutely love this cookbook. I decided to buy it after seeing the author's YouTube videos and deciding to make borsch following her recipe. My Ukrainian friend said it was excellent and reminded her of home. I immediately ordered this cookbook which is filled with classical and crowd pleasing eastern European dishes. I was impressed by the large amount of recipes, beautiful photos and clear instructions. Both imperial and metric units are given in the book, which saved me a lot of conversion troubles. This book will get a prominent spot in my kitchen!