To celebrate 25 years in education abroad, SRAS has produced a commemorative cookbook: A Taste of Eurasia.
This beautiful 174-page publication is a collection of recipes that includes our favorites and those of our partners and friends who have helped shape our unique organization over many years.
It’s an eclectic collection of food, personal memories, historical and cultural insight, cooking-related vocabulary, and, of course, the story of SRAS. All of our geographic locations are covered as well – Poland, Ukraine, Russia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus.
Learn how to make khachapuri at home. Discover dishes specific to Siberia. Explore the Eurasian traditions of foraging, fermenting and pickling. See the many variations of Eurasian dumplings. Learn the vocabulary for discussing food in Russian. What about street and fast food in this region? How is respect for elders reflected in Central Asian food traditions? There is a bit of everything in this book.
Note: We have discontinued sales of this book so as to instead contribute them to the effort to raise funds for our colleagues and friends in Ukraine.
Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the cookbook and to our organization. Thanks as well to anyone interested in our work and in Eurasia in general.
Readers About This Book
“I got the recipe book on the mail yesterday. Thank you so much! The book is so much more than just a recipe collection, it is a window into the traditions and mindset of these cultures. I will share it with my students.”
– Tanya Ivanova-Sullivan (University of New Mexico)
“The cookbook arrived today. Thank you so much! It’s fabulous, and I love learning more about the origins of SRAS. What a labor of love.”
– Sarah Bishop (Willamette)
“This is just a quick note that I received your cookbook yesterday and liked it immensely! Beautiful, meaningful, interesting, original!”
– Elena Varshavskaya (Rhode Island School of Design)
“I got the cookbook! It is amazing! Everything looks so delicious and the recipes are beautifully integrated with the info about the destinations and SRAS. My husband and I are excited to cook from it, and we will display it with pleasure in our offices during the Summer Language Institute. Great job to everyone who worked on it and the contributers!”
– Kathleen Manukyan (University of Pittsburgh)
“Just got your book! Thank you so much, it looks awesome!! It inspired me to cook some плов right-away… And I commend you for such a great work. The quality of the pictures is amazing, it is also very nice to see the faces (some familiar!). And what a work on the stories and the recipes! Great job!! I will share it with our students for sure.”
– Larysa Stepanova (The Ohio State University)
