Bread and Salt: A Social and Economic History of Food and Drink in RussiaBread and Salt a literal translation of the Russian word for hospitality explores the social and economic implications of eating and drinking in Russia in the thousand years before 1900. Eating and drinking are viewed here as social activities which involves the economics of production, storage and distribution of food stuffs. These activities attract both social controls and state taxation; in this way the everyday process of eating and drinking is