Front Cover -- NUTRITIONAL AND HEALTH ASPECTS OF FOOD IN EASTERN EUROPE -- NUTRITIONAL AND HEALTH ASPECTS OF FOOD IN EASTERN EUROPEELSEVIER TRADITIONAL AND ETHNIC FOOD SERIESEDITED BYDIANA BOGUEVACU ... -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- REFERENCE -- 1 - Eastern European food cultures and traditions -- Introduction -- Religious belief-shaped food practices -- Food culture and traditions: historical overview -- The typical foods of Eastern European cuisines -- Conclusion -- References -- 2 - Culinary traditions, food, and eating habits in Russia -- General characteristics of Russian cuisine, and the influence of various factors on its formation -- Characteristics of raw materials used in Russian cuisine -- Characteristics of technological processing methods used in Russian cuisine -- Features of food culture -- Features of cooking of selected Russian dishes -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 - Traditional foods of tatars -- Traditional food -- Meat dishes -- Organ meat dishes in Tatar cuisine -- Dishes with fish -- Milk food -- Bakery food -- Sweet baked foods -- References -- 4 - Traditional foods of the North Caucasus region -- Introduction -- Traditional cuisine influences -- Traditional meat-based foods of North Caucasus -- Shashlik -- Meat preservation -- Sausages -- Basturma -- Sudjuk -- Traditional fermented milk products of the North Caucasus region -- Kefir -- Kefir history -- Kefir grain content -- Kefir technology -- Microbiological specifics -- Iyran -- Iyran history -- Content and technology of iyran -- Cheeses -- Ossetian cheese -- Smoked cheese "kabardinskiy" -- Conclusion -- References -- Further reading -- 5 - Food and Nutrition in Belarus -- Introduction -- Historical overview -- Geography and the natural agricultural landscape -- Food culture and traditions -- Typical foods and food products.

Present nutritional conditions (Official Internet portal of the President of the Republic of Belarus, 2018 -- Export of goods ... -- Summary -- References -- Further Reading -- 6 - Culinary traditions and eating patterns of various Ukrainian regions -- Introduction -- Historical overview, culture, and old culinary traditions -- Typical foods and food products (composition, nutrients, benefits, and adverse properties) -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 - Food, nutrition, and health in Lithuania and Estonia -- Introduction and historical overview -- Geography and landscape -- Lithuanian cuisine, typical food, and food products -- Estonian cuisine, typical food, and food products -- Lithuania and Estonia current nutritional and health conditions -- Conclusion -- References -- 8 - Food, nutrition, and health in Latvia -- Introduction -- Historical overview -- Geography and the natural agricultural landscape -- Culture and traditions -- Typical foods and food products -- Food preservation, shelf-life, and environment -- Present nutritional conditions with respect to deficiencies, remedies, and safety aspects -- Summary -- Future outlook -- Food product innovations -- Process innovations -- Organizational innovations -- References -- 9 - Common nutrition and health issues in Eastern Europe -- Eastern European (EE) traditional foods (TF): an introduction -- Nutrition and well-being of traditional food in targeted Eastern European countries (EER) -- Introduction to the food balance data of targeted EER -- Conclusion -- References -- 10 - Environmental sustainability issues for Eastern European food production -- Conclusion -- References -- 11 - Flexibility of the EU package: lessons for Ukraine and other countries when harmonizing food legislation in vi ... -- Definition of traditional foods and traditional methods of food production in the EU and Ukraine.

Harmonization of food legislation versus traditional food: cases from the European Union and Ukraine -- Flexibility in the implementation of food legislation as a tool to continue the production of traditional food: the case of ... -- Conclusions -- References -- 12 - Eastern European ethnic food preservation and future sustainable food production -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Back Cover.