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The Taste of Dreams: An Obsession with Russia and Caviar

The Taste of Dreams is both a quest for the romantic Russia of the author’s dreams, and a tale of amazement as she discovers and gets caught up in the new, anarchic Russia emerging from its Soviet constraints. At its heart is the story of caviar — beluga, the rarest type of sturgeon, harvested from the Caspian Sea. It is now an endangered species, and no one knows how to — or wants to — stop the plunder. Intelligent, funny, and enormously engaging, this is a modern tour through the intricacies of the new Russia. Vanora Bennett writes for The Times of London and is a former Moscow correspondent for Reuters and the Los Angeles Times. She is the author of Crying Wolf: The Return of War to Chechnya.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 276
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780755300648
  • Genres
  • russia, travel, food, history
  • Release date
  • 2004