Rory > wrote:

> Correction. A search made with a slightly different spelling
> (Pokhlebkin rather than Pokhliobkin) reveals two out of print books in
> English, one called The History of Vodka and the other Russian
> Delight: A Cookbook of the Soviet People.
>
> Is anyone familiar with these?

I have _The History of Vodka_ (in Russian). It is a dry, scholarly
book. I've never heard of _Russian Delight: A Cookbook of the Soviet
People_, but *if* it is a translation of _Natsionalnye Kuchni Nashikh
Narodov_ (National Cuisines of Our Peoples), it is highly recommended.

Victor