Nela's Cookbook

Aniela “Nela” Rubinstein (1909-2002) was the youngest daughter of Emil Młynarski, the conductor and co-founder of the Warsaw Philharmonic. At just 18, she fell in love with and married the great pianist Arthur Rubinstein. After she got married, she used the generations-old family recipes that were passed down to her in her own cooking. They were all contained in a little notebook with her mother’s and grandmother’s recipes for cakes, Polish and Lithuanian dishes and all of their secret notes. It is no surprise then, that some of the pages of NELA’S COOKBOOK are devoted to the description of one of her favourite (and most sentimental) dishes from her childhood: exquisite kołduny (dumplings) filled with mutton and beef sirloin, bone marrow, grated onions and marjoram.. The book also contains the recipes of the talented Lithuanian cook employed by Nela’s parents. That is why the book has a dish ‘à la Barbarka’, potatoes stuffed with mushrooms and onion. The family recipe for almond mazurek so delighted Baron Edward de Rothschild in Paris that he asked for it to be presented to his own cook. Nela Rubinstein was also famous for her masterful pastries – not only the mazurkas but also creams, puddings and pound cakes. Because Rubinstein’s collection included recipes from friends and befriended cooks, it was full of different cooking styles: Polish, Lithuanian, but also English, French, Russian, German or Spanish. For example, Sergei Rachmaninov’s wife provided a recipe for a Russian coulibiac filled with cabbage and mushrooms. It was taken from a cook who had once worked for the last Russian Tsar. After years of producing superb meals for Maestro Rubenstein and their family and friends, Nela Rubinstein at last put down in this charming and inspiring cookbook her most coveted recipes, her refreshing thought on menus for all sorts of occasions and her joyous memories of cooking for those she loves.
ASIN: 039451761X
VSKU: BVV.039451761X.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Rubinstein, Nela
Binding: Hardcover
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Condition Notes: Missing dust cover, otherwise book is in good condition with some wear from normal use.