Eastern European Preserve

A region that survives the long winter by August. Ogórki kiszone packed into a Kraków słoik with dill and garlic, kapusta kiszona crocked in a Bohemian barrel, kvass brewed from rye-bread crusts in a Latvian jug, salo cured in a Ukrainian dacha, smetana cultured on a kitchen ledge, twaróg pressed in a linen, kielbasa hung in a Carpathian smokehouse, solyonye gribki salted in a Russian banya cellar — a piwnica built on salt, dill, smoke, and the ration-survival heart of the work.

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