Assignment: Western Civilization
Essay Topic
Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking
Instructions: Write a 750-1000 word response to the following question. Your essay must make specific references to Anya Von Bremzen'sMastering the Art of Soviet Cooking and use Chicago Style citations. E-mail me if you have any questions regarding the paper. Your response should be double-spaced and in 12-pt Times New Roman font with 1-inch margins.
Topic: Anya Von Bremzen's claims that food "defined how Russians endured the present, imagined the future, and connected to their past." Referring to at least three chapters of the book, explore how Von Bremzen uses the medium of food to explore the history of the Soviet Union, and what her approach tells us about the lives of Soviet citizens.
Author, Book Title (Place of publication: Name of publisher, year), page number.
Anya Von Bremzen, Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and Longing (New York: Broadway Books, 2013), 8.