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...Soviet embassy threw its annual celebration of the Revolution of 1917 a few days ago, and the glitterati of Washington swarmed in as usual to the stone box of a building that hunkers down on 16th Street. The vodka was good (Stolichnaya), the few dabs of caviar were superb (from the Volga River) and the guests from the diplomatic corps, Congress, White House and the city at large elbowed each other cheerfully in the chandeliered rooms on the second floor of the elaborate embassy where tsarist Russia set up shop...
...French Cooking, Bertholle has written a comprehensive, down-to-earth guide to French family cooking that is both witty and percipient. Her French Cuisine for All (Doubleday; $19.95), meticulously edited for the American cook, covers the Gallic spectrum from country soups and dandelion salad to such exotica as iced caviar-flavored consommé and roast loin of young wild boar (frozen joints of European boar are available at specialty stores in some U.S. cities). Bertholle's recipes for chocolate cakes are guaranteed to leave her pages stained with fudgy fingerprints...
...freeze the bank accounts of the Soviet embassy in Ottawa, Moscow warmed to the possibility of a settlement of the original bill plus interest, court costs and pier charges. While he was at it, Edwards also demanded, and duly received, a case of vodka and a pound of caviar for a celebration party. "Mr. Edwards," said one of his lawyers, "is one of the most unique clients we've ever...
...gourmet business is obviously prospering on the small clientele that is willing to pay $30 per lb. for Scotch salmon or $345 for a 14-oz. tin of fresh Russian Beluga caviar. But the shops are also attracting large numbers of middle class customers who believe food is more than just fuel...
...only flavor available. Kefir, a kind of cross between buttermilk and yogurt, is exceptionally good, as is a soft curd cheese called tvorog. Fruits and vegetables are found only in season, but often have more flavor than those in the U.S. Canned salmon and crab meat are especially delicate. Caviar? Nothing matches Russian beluga, which costs about $27 per Ib. (compared with $420 per Ib. in the U.S.), when it is available...