How did our ancestors perceive food and everything connected with it? What was the acceptance of write for them? What rituals did they adhere to? What was the attitude towards fasting and abstinence? What food was considered prestigious and vice versa? How honorable was cooking? What products were prohibited on the table of a Russian person and how was this explained? How was the food of foreigners perceived? Why were there fears that its use could lead an Orthodox person to fall away from the "true faith"? How did foreigners see Russian drinking customs, what were their feelings from Russian cuisine?