This book is dedicated to the little things that make up the ethnography of the everyday. Do foreigners have a sense of humor, and how does it differ from ours? What Russian words should you not say in front of foreigners? What to do when invited to a table in a foreign country is to respond to the invitation, or local rules require a ritual refusal. How do different peoples understand personal property? A fascinating book by Lev Mints, in the recent past a leading employee of the Around the World magazine, tells about all this. In 2009, the Lomonosov publishing house published his book “Uncle Liao’s Cauldron.”