Central Europe
 A Taste of The Past
András Koerner
In an effort to keep his great-grandmother's treasured memories,
Koerner explores letters, recipes and personal artefacts to recreate
her daily life. More than 120 hand-drawn illustrations and the care
with which
he weaves recipes and stories make this a befitting ode to a 19th-century
Hungarian Jewish homemaker. Black and white drawings. Hardcover,
422 pages, $44.95.
 Please to the Table
Anya von Bremzen and John Welchman
Whether the fried smelts of the Baltic states or the fragrant rice
and lamb dishes of Central Asia,the 400 recipes in this book
illustrate the variety of foods in the former Soviet Union. B & w photos.
Softcover, 659 pp, $32.95.
 Gypsy Feasts
Carol Wilson
Recipes such as damson cobbler and mushrooms with snails demonstrate
the Roma's traditional reliance on gathering from the wild as
they roamed from northern India through Persia and Armenia to Europe
and finally North
America. Wilson preserves in print an oral culinary culture now
disappearing as the Roma are absorbed into mainstream society.
Hardcover, 238 pp, $33.95.
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