Summer Kitchens: Recipes and Reminiscences from Every Corner of Ukraine

by Olia Hercules

An exploration into the culinary identity of eastern Europe through stunning food and travel photography, interspersed with stories and memories of tiny buildings called summer kitchens.

In this new cookbook from award-winning author Olia Hercules, explore the diversity of Ukraine's cuisine and heritage through the alluring window of summer kitchens--small structures alongside the main house where people cook and preserve summer fruits and vegetables for the winter months. Featuring 100 superb recipes, a gorgeous collection of food and lifestyle images, and evocative personal narrative, Hercules illustrates how the region's cuisine varies as much as the landscapes, climate, and produce through her travels to the Carpathians, the Black Sea, the shores of the Danube and Dnieper, and her native land.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1681885700
• ISBN13: 9781681885704
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Weldon Owen
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.8" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Beautiful and Tragic: How war destroys the people and their culture.

This cook book appeared just months before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As you read the text and see the photographs, you will begin to understand the horrors of war, the base nature and the last gasp of Russian power.