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I have reviewed a variety of cookbooks including Beyond the North Wind: Russia in Recipes and Lore by Darra Goldstein and The Jewish Cookbook by Leah Koenig, but I have never reviewed a book [...]

Russia in World History: A Transnational Approach by Choi Chatterjee is a seminal work that I am optimistically hoping represents the current era of the academy on Russian studies. The insight [...]

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 Slavoj Žižek's latest book Pandemic!: COVID-19 Shakes the World.

Katherine Leung review Sharon Hudgin's T-Bone Whacks and Caviar Snacks: Cooking with Two Texans in Siberia and the Russia Far East.

Katherine Leung review Andrei P. Tsygankov's The Dark Double.

In order to be a true anti-imperialist, you have to reject all forms of imperialism. Katherine Leung review Indefensible by Rohini Hensman.

Katherine Leung review Michael Löwy's five-hundred-page black-and-white volume of photographs of historical revolutions.

Avrom Goldfaden (1840-1908) is touted as the father of modern Jewish theatre – but his ambitions were not always community-driven as many would like to believe. The Rise of the Modern [...]

Despite spending a lot of time in Russia, I don’t like Russian food. For me, it has always been about buckwheat, mayonnaise covered “salads”, and rye bread. While in Russia, I preferred eating [...]