Aan tafel bij dictators: Saddam Hoessein, Idi Amin, Enver Hoxha, Pol Pot, Fidel Castro door de ogen van hun koks

'A spicy and original romp through Russian history' ROBERT SERVICE<BR><BR>'Poignant, comical, and in the best sense disturbing' PAUL FREEDMAN, AUTHOR OF TEN RESTAURANTS THAT CHANGED AMERICA<BR><BR>'This wickedly delicious tale uncovers the secret, gustatory history of the Kremlin and will leave you begging for seconds' DOUGLAS SMITH, AUTHOR OF RASPUTIN: FAITH, POWER, AND THE TWILIGHT OF THE ROMANOVS<BR><BR><BR>What's Cooking in the Kremlin is a tale of feast and famine told from the kitchen, the narrative of one of the most complex, troubling and fascinating nations on earth.<BR><BR>We will travel through Putin's Russia with acclaimed author Witold Szablowski as he learns the story of the chef who was shot alongside the Romonovs, and the Ukrainian woman who survived the Great Famine created by Stalin and still weeps with guilt; the soldiers on the Eastern front who roasted snails and made nettle soup as they fought back Hitler's army; the woman who cooked for Yuri Gagarin and the cosmonauts; and the man who ran the Kremlin kitchen during the years of plenty under Brezhnev. We will hear from the women who fed the firefighters at Chernobyl, and the story of the Crimean Tatars, who returned to their homeland after decades of exile, only to flee once Russia invaded Crimea again, in 2014.<BR><BR>In tracking down these remarkable stories and voices, Witold Szablowski has written an account of modern Russia unlike any other - a book that reminds us of the human stories behind the history.

Was haben eigentlich Gewaltherrscher wie Saddam Hussein, Idi Amin und Fidel Castro gegessen? Witold Szab¿owski hat sie aufgestöbert: die Köche der Diktatoren. Und er lässt sie erzählen. Doch Szab¿owski stellt in seinem Buch auch kritische Fragen: Wie prägt Essen die Geschichte? Was sagen uns die Gerichte der Diktatoren über das Wesen der Macht? Und schließlich: Warum lassen wir im 21. Jahrhundert Menschen verhungern? Szab¿owski stellt den Geschichten der Köche die Geschichten derer gegenüber, die unter den Diktatoren gelitten haben. Das Buch bietet einen Blick auf die Geschichte des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts, im Vordergrund Topf und Pfanne, im Hintergrund die großen Dramen, Kriege und Genozide.Mit den Köchen von Fidel Castro, Saddam Hussein, Idi Amin, Pol Pot und Enver Hoxha.