Makes me hungry

I read a lot of foodie books and cookbooks but one of my most favorite books is called Katish: Our Russian Cook by Wanda Frolov.  

It is Foodie Fiction with a plausibility in real life.  It is a novel with tons of recipes sprinkled throughout.  I made nearly every one as I was reading the book, which could explain why it took me so long to read it.  I had to stop at the end of every chapter and see if I had the ingredients to make everything.   I also loved the illustrations... hand drawn and so perfect for this story.

My most favorite and most used recipes from the book are the Stroganoff and the Mushrooms in Sour Cream Sauce.  

Foodie Reading... Katish

Wanda Frolov was a writer for Gourmet Magazine and began publishing these stories in the magazine from what I understand.  She put them together into a book form and made quite a lovely fiction/cookbook out of it.  This book is set in the 1920's.  It is about a Russian immigrant named Katish and how she came to live in LA with a family as their housekeeper and cook.  Simple Russian recipes are scattered throughout the text and I have tried several of them, myself.  I have not found a bad one, yet.... and I suspect I won't.

I am just sad it took me so long to finally pick it up and read it because once I did I could barely put it down for long.  If you are a foodie you will, no doubt, enjoy this book.