{"product_id":"tava-eastern-european-baking-and-desserts-from-romania-beyond-9781784885441","title":"Tava: Eastern European Baking and Desserts from Romania \u0026 Beyond","description":"\"A joy and an education. Irina Georgescu has disentangled the strands woven into Romanian cooking and identity and she has done so deliciously, through glorious cakes, pies, strudels and doughnuts. Cook, eat, learn.\" - Diana Henry \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I am such a huge admirer of Irina Georgescu in general, and of this extraordinarily impressive and important book in particular. A must-have, not just for enquiring bakers but, crucially, for all those interested in the context and evolution of culinary culture.\" - Nigella Lawson \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTava\u003c\/i\u003e is a meticulously researched baking book celebrating centuries of diversity and overlapping cultures that form today's cuisine in Romania. The author's aim is to also share the story of those dishes that have come to represent the identity of different cultural communities across the country. Tava means tray in Romanian, a metaphor for how a whole culinary landscape is presented to the reader. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou will find Armenian pakhlava, Saxon plum pies, Swabian poppyseed crescents, Jewish fritters, and Hungarian langoși alongside plăcinte pies, alivenci corn cake, strudels and fruit dumplings. Rice or pearl barley puddings, donuts and gingerbread biscuits come with their own story, while chocolate mousses, meringues in custard sauce and coffee ice cream introduce you to the glamour of famous Romanian and Eastern European pastry shops. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book is written with integrity and respect towards this rich heritage connecting the past with a present which can be encountered by the reader when travelling in Romania. The recipes are easy to follow, beautifully photographed, and tempt the reader to embrace the unfamiliar as much as the familiar, while enjoying their comforting and homely feel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardie Grant Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/08\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781784885441\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272","brand":"Irina Georgescu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42370638512309,"sku":"9781784885441","price":35.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_df344a9e-156f-406c-8356-c5384b5bf349.jpg?v=1663041117","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/tava-eastern-european-baking-and-desserts-from-romania-beyond-9781784885441","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}