The book by Irina Glushchenko, a translator, journalist and researcher of Soviet life, is dedicated to the emergence of Soviet cuisine, the role played in this process by Anastas Mikoyan, the connection between the general logic of the development of the Soviet system and its specific everyday manifestations. A special place in this socio-anthropological study is occupied by the chapter on “The Book of Tasty and Healthy Food”, where this monument of the Soviet era is examined from aesthetic, ideological and historical-cultural points of view. The book uses unique archival materials that have not previously been published or cited, as well as photographs from the archives of A.I.’s family. Mikoyan. CONTENTS: FROM THE AUTHOR 6I. ANASTAS IVANOVICH 10II. “THE GREAT BRANCHER” 55III. KINGDOM OF MEAT 100IV. CULINARY BIBLE 137V. SOMETHING PINK WITH SOMETHING GRAY 180CONCLUSION 213APPENDICESWhat Mikoyan saw in America 219A novel about meat 222Scheme for cutting up carcasses 235LITERATURE 239