Food Culture

Food plays a wide role within a culture and society, which helps solidify its place as a powerful component of identity formation. This includes how people relate to food, social customs surrounding food and sharing food, nutritional profiles of national diets, and overviews of specific ingredients.

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April 17, 2016

History of Vegetarianism in Russia

The following article originally appeared in Russian on Vegetarianskij.ru. It has been translated and adapted by SRAS for presentation here. History of Vegetarianism in Russia The official coming of vegetarianism to Russia was inaugurated with the opening of the first vegetarian society. This was in Saint-Petersburg in the mid-1860s. The society was humorously called “Ни […]

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