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Katherine Leung reviews a book about Roma music in 20th-century communist Poland.

Katherine Leung tries her hand at Central European cooking and masters a classic that you normally can buy at the street corners of any Hungarian city.

Katherine Leung reviews 100 Best Jewish Recipes and finds that making the perfect challah truly is an artform.

A must-read for any food aficionado, Katherine Leung reviews Rebellious Cooks and Recipe Writing by Albena Shkodrova.

Katherine Leung review Russia in World History: A Transnational Approach by Choi Chatterjee.

Who is Chloe Tucker? Is she a real person? The “about the author” page at the back of The Official Kremlin Cookbook: Exploring Russia through Simple Dishes, Treats, and Drinks offers some clues. [...]

Katherine Leung review Barbara Martin's Dissident Histories in the Soviet Union: From De-Stalinization to Perestroika.

Although much is known about life in the gulag via the memoirs of political prisoners such as Eugenia Ginzburg and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, there is little research on the experience of the 49ers. [...]

Amanda Sonesson reviews Vladimir Lorchenkov's dark and humorous novel The Good Life Elsewhere.

Katherine Leung reviews the debut novel by Georgian director and filmmaker Nana Ekvtimishvili and is overcome by sadness as she finishes the last pages of a powerful and moving story set in a [...]