Rus' at the meal. Zankov D.

How did our ancestors perceive food and everything connected with it? What was eating for them? What rituals did they adhere to? What was the attitude to the post and abstinence? What food was considered prestigious and vice versa? How honorable was the cooking? What products were prohibited on the table of a Russian person and how was this explained? How was the food of strangers perceived? Why was there any fears that its use could lead an Orthodox person to fall off from the “true faith”? What did the Russian tables see the foreigners, what were their sensations from Russian cuisine? And what is a Russian food culture in general and what are its features? Dmitry Zankov, candidate of historical sciences, is looking for and answers to these and many other questions. For this, it attracts many historical sources: from the widespread widespread in Rus' of Byzantine texts to the actual Russian lives, teachings and sermons, as well as evidence of foreigners.