Luba Gurdjieff: A Memoir with Recipes

As a child, Luba Gurdjieff fled revolutionary Russia with her family for the refuge of her uncle G. I. Gurdjieff's spiritual school in France. She wa raised amid artists, intellectuals, and politicians such as Katherine Mansfield, Bertrand Russell, and Franklin Roosevelt, who came seeking her uncle George's insights to the riches of Eastern wisdom. Here is an intimate glimpse of this fascinating household and some of the secrets of the kitchen.