Every Bite
Iron Curtain cuisine — The foods the state couldn't standardise
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Hundreds of millions of people lived behind the Iron Curtain, in the Soviet Union and in allied countries such as Bulgaria. The state controlled many facets of daily life, including food. The rich and varied cuisines of a vast territory were recast in the state's mould, prioritising efficiency, uniformity and nutrition over tradition. So which culinary traditions endured, and how? Did some…