Tuesday, February 26, 2013

What is Soviet Salad?

The purpose of this blog is to explore culture, food and gender. As a Jewish American “foodie,” born to a Ukrainian mother, I would like to expand on these areas of research and focus a web blog on Jewish/Russian mother–daughter food culture.  More specifically, this social initiative would focus on Russian immigrants along with their American born (or “Americanized”) daughters to see if, and how, food culture, recipes, and attitudes towards food and cooking transcend borders and generations.

 
By using food as a foundation, this blog will explore how American-born Jewish women of Russian backgrounds relate to and understand their immigrant mothers’ ideas and practices with regards to food. This food/culture/gender blog will highlight how important food from the Russian-Jewish Diaspora is in shaping a society, a culture, a family, and a woman. Additionally, the blog will be a forum for sharing and learning about recipes from all over the former Soviet Union.

 

Enjoy and feel free to open up the discussion or add a recipe!

 

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