Author shares out Russian recipes, but it is designed to be much more than a cookbook-it is a book meant to be about lifestyle. The reader finds not just recipes for soups, salads, meat and sweets, but extensive description on how to prepare it properly, to save vitamins-"I understand now that American cooking is very good, but American women start to lose old recipes." Book reminds the reader that Russian culture has a broad base to draw its riches from-"When we were the Soviet Union, we had 15 republics and our cooking culture combines a lot of different meals from different nations." "I couldn't cook. I could fry sunny side and hard-boiled eggs, but I had mom's Russian old cooking book and a lot of recipes from mom's book. They are so simple but delicious.It helps to keep your family together in the evening or weekend and remember our Russian saying "the way to a man's heart is through his stomach " This book is about Russian culture, traditions, different tips for cooking, healthy diet, and author's life story from her birthday to marriage to American man, whom she met on internet.