Her mother told her “Never Take Candy from a Stranger.”Especially in Moscow. Darra Goldstein was a young Russian graduate student, working on a US trade show in the USSR in the 70’s when a seemingly sympathetic Muscovite offered her a bag of candy as a thank-you. It’s a great story. Darra is now an Emeritus professor of Russian at Williams college and the founding editor of <a href="https://gastronomica.org/">Gastronomica, the Journal of Food Studies</a>. Photo Courtesy of Darra Goldstein.Let's Talk About Food is powered by <a href="https://simplecast.com/">Simplecast</a>.

Never Make a Chef's Blood Boil

From Let's Talk About Food, Kochleffel is a new special series that focuses on the remarkable contributions of Jewish women to the world of food. Host Louisa Kasdon interviews chefs, writers, and more, giving us a picture of women who have contributed to food and food dialogue.