"Anastas Mikoyan. How to feed an entire country?"

At the beginning of the XX century, this issue was very important. The young country suffered from famine and devastation, the consequences of wars and revolutions. It was necessary to build such a food system for all citizens so that the food was varied, affordable, and its preparation did not take much time. Some decisions were lost, and some never existed at all. In such a situation, Anastas Mikoyan becomes the People's Commissar of the food industry. And makes an incredible leap.

Anastas Ivanovich is known as an excellent speaker, a man incredibly passionate about his work and able to captivate others with it. He involved the leadership and ordinary citizens, manufacturers and representatives of other countries in solving nutrition problems, actively researched and applied new solutions. His career spanned many decades and even gave rise to the joke "From Ilyich to Ilyich without heart attack and paralysis."

Sausages, ice cream, tomato juice, household refrigerators, hamburgers, mayonnaise, semi-finished products and canned food, Soviet champagne, cheeses and much more appeared thanks to his work. He was engaged in popularization, supported advertising and the publication of inspiring posters ("It's time for everyone to try how delicious and tender crabs are"), organized the publication of "Books about delicious and healthy food" and fish days and much more.

At the meeting, we will talk about exactly how the food industry was formed, and also try to unravel the secret of the incredible success of Mikoyan's endeavors. And, of course, we will try dishes from those products that appeared in our country thanks to Anastas Ivanovich - in their modern interpretation!