Russian Colonial Food - Regossi, Angelika
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What does an empire taste like? Russian Colonial Food is a journey through the dissolved Communist Empire, seen not through ideology or power, but through everyday life, memory, and food. Drawing on lived experience and historical research, Angelika Regossi explores how people across the Soviet world survived, adapted, and preserved their identities under a political system that shaped both private kitchens and public history. Through fifteen stories set across the former Soviet territories - from Eastern Europe to Central Asia and the Caucasus - the book reveals the cultural diversity hidden…mehr

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What does an empire taste like? Russian Colonial Food is a journey through the dissolved Communist Empire, seen not through ideology or power, but through everyday life, memory, and food. Drawing on lived experience and historical research, Angelika Regossi explores how people across the Soviet world survived, adapted, and preserved their identities under a political system that shaped both private kitchens and public history. Through fifteen stories set across the former Soviet territories - from Eastern Europe to Central Asia and the Caucasus - the book reveals the cultural diversity hidden behind the simplified image of a region often perceived as "only Russia." Some regions may be familiar, others surprising, yet each story shows how history entered homes, habits, and meals across a vast and diverse part of the world. The book was written with young adults in mind, particularly readers who know little about the "left side of the map" shaped by communism, while remaining equally engaging for adult readers. Complex historical realities are explained in a clear, accessible way, without academic language or political rhetoric, making the stories easy to follow for readers of different ages and backgrounds. Food appears not as decoration, but as a cultural archive - a way to understand scarcity, adaptation, tradition, and resilience. The final section includes a curated selection of authentic recipes, presented so that young adults and adults alike can easily cook them, turning history into a shared, practical experience. Russian Colonial Food is both a cultural history and a literary journey - a book for young adults and adults interested in the Soviet era, post-communist societies, and the everyday lives that existed beyond official narratives.
Autorenporträt
Angelika Regossi is a former BBC Eastern Europe correspondent who reported from the heart of the collapsing Communist Empire. Her work connects history, culture, and everyday life through memory, storytelling, and food.During the unprecedented transformation of Eastern Europe - from the fall of the Iron Curtain to the expansion of NATO and the European Union - she reported for BBC Radio and later freelanced for Radio France International (RFI) and Deutsche Welle. She also worked as a television producer for Belgium's VRT, Der Spiegel (Germany), NOS (Netherlands), and Voice of America (USA), among others. At that time, she published under the names Agnes R. Bos and ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿.Regossi traveled extensively across the former Communist world, covering major historical events including the Balkan wars during the break-up of Yugoslavia (1991-2001), the overthrow of Yugoslav president Slobodan Miloevi¿ (2000), and his war-crimes trial at the Tribunal in The Hague (2002). Her reporting also took her beyond Europe, from the Quebec independence referendum (1995) to conflict zones and regions shaped by political repression, including Iraq, Burma, Laos, and the Caucasus.Drawing on first-hand experience, journalism, and lived history, Angelika Regossi writes books that explore communism, cultural identity, and private life under political systems, giving voice to everyday stories often lost behind ideology and power.