Kachka: A Return to Russian Cooking [Hardcover]

Celebrated Portland chef Bonnie Frumkin Morales brings her acclaimed Portland restaurant Kachka into your home kitchen with a debut cookbook enlivening Russian cuisine with an emphasis on vibrant, locally sourced ingredients.

WithKachka, Bonnie Morales has done something amazing: thoroughly update and modernize Russian cuisine while steadfastly holding to its traditions and spirit. Thank you comrade!
Alton Brown

From bright pickles to pillowy dumplings, ingenious vodka infusions to traditional homestyle dishes, and variedzakuskito satisfying sweets,Kachkathe cookbook covers the vivid world of Russian cuisine. More than 100 recipes show how easy it is to eat, drink, and open your heart in Soviet-inspired style, from the celebrated restaurant that is changing how America thinks about Russian food.

The recipes in this book set a communal table with nostalgic Eastern European dishes like Caucasus-inspired meatballs, Porcini Barley Soup, and Cauliflower Schnitzel, and give new and exciting twists to current food trends like pickling, fermentation, and bone broths.

Kachkas recipes and narratives show how Russias storied tradition of smoked fish, cultured dairy, and a shot of vodka can be celebratory, elegant, and as easy as meat and potatoes. The food is clear and inviting, rooted in the past yet not at all afraid to play around and wear its punk rock heart on its sleeve.

Introduction: Guide to the Russian Market
Chapter 1: Infusions, Cocktails, and Other Drinks
Chapter 2: Pickles
Chapter 3: Cold Zakuski
Chapter 4: Hot Zakuski
Chapter 5: Dumplings
Chapter 6: Soups
Chapter 7: The Mangal
Chapter 8: Homestyle Dishes
Chapter 9: Showstoppers
Chapter 10: Desserts
Chapter 11: Pantry
Acknowledgments
Index

This fantastic cookbook by the chef at Kachka in Portland, Ore., is by turns funny, moving, informative, and appetite-whetting.