The new – one-third expanded – edition of “Kolobok” collects the culinary prose of Alexander Genis, one of the founders of this genre in Russia. Culinary Travels treats the reader to delicious and elegant travel essays. Gastronomic Studies explores the mysteries that connect the soul to the stomach. “Red Bread” presents Soviet history in its food context. “Kitchen Blog” is the diary of an endlessly curious author, and not only about food. With all the diversity of form and content, the entire “Kolobok” is imbued with Genis’s conviction: “We are able to truly deeply understand the edible part of the world.”