Polina Chesnakova

Polina Chesnakova (Col ’14) will publish her cookbook, Chesnok: Cooking from My Corner of the Diaspora: Recipes from Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia on September. The book explores life and cooking in the Soviet diaspora through her family’s immigrant story and recipes. It can be found through several major online retailers. She will host a series of events in November to celebrate the book launch.

Chesnakova and her husband, Lee Eschenroeder (Col ’11, Med ’17 CM), recently moved from Seattle to Rhode Island. They are expecting their second child in July.