Ancient manuscripts, memoirs of contemporaries, secrets and discoveries await you on the pages of this uninvented story. Russian cooking has always existed in close contact with the cuisines of other countries. What is originally ours in it, and what is borrowed, - the authors of the book tried to solve this riddle. In it you will meet fascinating investigations of the fate of dishes and products. Stories about how they came to our kitchen. As centuries passed, the similarity of the culinary traditions of different peoples became obvious.