JBF on the Air: Anya Von Bremzen

On yesterday's episode of Taste Matters, JBF's Mitchell Davis welcomed Anya Von Bremzen, food writer, author, and contributing editor at Travel + Leisure magazine. The pair discussed her latest book, Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and Longing, which tells the story of life in the vanished empire known as the U.S.S.R. and how every edible morsel was packed with emotional and political meaning. To learn more about Anya's book, how taste in Russia has evolved over the past decade, and how Moscow's growing economic power has influenced its food scene, listen below.

Taste Matters is a radio program dedicated to taste: as a sense, cultural construct, and culinary phenomenon. However much we talk about where our food comes from, how it’s produced, who prepares it, or what sorts of socio-cultural-political implications our food choices and eating behaviors have, taste is fundamental.

You can catch Taste Matters with Mitchell Davis live every Wednesday at 11:00 A.M. on Heritage Radio Network, or listen to the show afterwards right here on our blog. To check out past episodes, click here. Stay tuned for more!