See Also: Chekhov, Anton (Pavlovich)(encyclopedia)
Anton Chekhov(health)
Chekhov, Anton(dictionary)
Pavlovich (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Korolyov, Sergey (Pavlovich)(encyclopedia)
Diaghilev, Sergey (Pavlovich)(encyclopedia)
Beria, Lavrenty (Pavlovich)(encyclopedia)
Ignatyev, Nikolay (Pavlovich), Count(encyclopedia)
Anton(medicine)
Anton's syndrome(medicine)

Carob (recipes) and Chekhov, Anton (Pavlovich) (sh)


Carob (recipes)


The fruits of this evergreen tree, native to the Middle East, grow in large pods that look similar to broad beans until they ripen from green to brown. They contain a very sweet pulp and hard, brown seeds.In the Middle East, the sweet pods are chewed raw, and are used as animal feed. Carob beans are also ground and used as a healthier alternative to chocolate and coffee as they contain no caffeine or oxalic acid, and only half the fat of cocoa. The flavour is sweet and treacly, so is excellent in Baking.Carob powder can be substituted for cocoa powder in any recipe. Carob is also available in bars, drops and confectionery. Carob products are available in Health Food shops and larger supermarkets. Vegan chocolate chip and walnut ice cream

Chekhov, Anton (Pavlovich) (sh)




born Jan. 29, 1860, Taganrog, Russia
died July 14/15, 1904, Badenweiler, Ger.

Russian playwright and short-story writer.

The son of a former serf, he supported his family by Writing popular comic sketches while studying medicine in Moscow. While practicing as a doctor, he had his first full-length play, Ivanov (1887), produced, but it was not well-received. He took up serious themes with stories such as "The Steppe" (1888) and "A Dreary Story" (1889); later stories include "The Black Monk" (1894) and "Peasants" (1897). He converted his second long play, The Wood Demon (1889), into the masterpiece Uncle Vanya (1897). His play The Seagull (1896) was badly received until its successful revival in 1899 by Konstantin Stanislavsky and the Moscow Art Theatre. He moved to the Crimea to nurse his eventually fatal tuberculosis, and there he wrote his great last plays, Three Sisters (1901) and The Cherry Orchard (1904), for the Moscow Art Theatre. Chekhov's plays, which take a tragicomic view of the staleness of provincial life and the passing of the Russian gentry, received international acclaim after their translation into English and Other Languages, and as a short-story writer he is still regarded as virtually unmatched.


Anton Chekhov, 1902.

David Magarshack