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Pavel Spiridonov & Nicolas Delaroche (photographies) La Cuisine russe. Recettes pour tous les jours. Editions Noir sur Blanc, 2018. 200 pages (19 Euros/24 CHF)

Voici un excellent cadeau pour les amis francophones. Pour tous les jours.


Connaissez-vous la cuisine russe ? Que trouve-t-on sur les tables de cet immense pays, qui commence aux frontières de l’Europe et déroule ses forêts et ses steppes jusqu’à l’océan Pacifique ? Les saveurs varient dans ce vaste territoire, mais on retrouve partout le même goût pour les soupes, le poisson, la divine pomme de terre et les crêpes fourrées.

Au fil des pages, pimentées d’anecdotes tirées de l’histoire russe ou de la vie quotidienne en URSS, Pavel Spiridonov nous donne accès aux goûts de son enfance passée à Saint-Pétersbourg. Avec des produits faciles à trouver dans nos régions, il dévoile 36 recettes épatantes, du borchtch au bœuf Stroganoff, de la salade de betteraves aux pâtisseries, jusqu’aux plats plus orientaux de Géorgie et d’Arménie, tels que les dolmas ou la sauce Tkemali. En complice averti, Nicolas Delaroche suit le cuisinier dans un reportage photographique qui détaille les étapes de préparation, depuis les achats au marché jusqu’au dîner entre amis.

Né à Saint-Pétersbourg en 1976, Pavel Spiridonov vit désormais à Lausanne. Passionné de cuisine depuis toujours, il a publié un premier ouvrage sur ce thème, La Cuisine de ma mère, aux Éditions Minerva en 2007.

Photographe franco-suisse né en 1985, Nicolas Delaroche a étudié à l’École cantonale d’art de Lausanne et a terminé un Master en art contemporain à la Haute école des arts de Berne. Il expose régulièrement son travail dans divers pays, avec notamment plusieurs expositions récentes en Chine et à Macau.

L'interview avec Pavel Spiridonov est à lire ici.

About the author

Nadia Sikorsky

Nadia Sikorsky grew up in Moscow where she obtained a master's degree in journalism and a doctorate in history from Moscow State University. After 13 years at UNESCO, in Paris and then in Geneva, and having served as director of communications at Green Cross International founded by Mikhail Gorbachev, she developed NashaGazeta.ch, the first online Russian-language daily newspaper, launched in 2007.

In 2022, she found herself among those who, according to Le Temps editorial board, "significantly contributed to the success of French-speaking Switzerland," thus appearing among opinion makers and economic, political, scientific and cultural leaders: the Forum of 100.

After 18 years leading NashaGazeta.ch, Nadia Sikorsky decided to return to her roots and focus on what truly fascinates her: culture in all its diversity. This decision took the form of this trilingual cultural blog (Russian, English, French) born in the heart of Europe – in Switzerland, her adopted country, the country distinguished by its multiculturalism and multilingualism.

Nadia Sikorsky does not present herself as a "Russian voice," but as the voice of a European of Russian origin (more than 35 years in Europe, 25 years spent in Switzerland) with the benefit of more than 30 years of professional experience in the cultural world at the international level. She positions herself as a cultural mediator between Russian and European traditions; the title of the blog, "The Russian Accent," captures this essence – the accent being not a linguistic barrier, not a political position but a distinctive cultural imprint in the European context.

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