{"product_id":"9780987869302","title":"Baba's Kitchen: Ukrainian Soul Food: with Stories From the Village, third edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Ukrainian Canadian Congress Special Pick \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTop Three Ukrainian Cookbook \u0026amp; Cultural Book for the past two years\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClick on \"Look Inside\"\u003c\/b\u003e at top of book cover photo for contents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Your book has us all laughing hysterically \u0026amp; uncontrollably! Daikoyu=thank you!\"~Capital Ukrainian Festival, Ottawa\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Baba's Kitchen is a good companion to Savella Stechishin's book [Traditional Ukrainian Cookery]. We will be presenting copies as awards at our year end dinner..\"\u003cbr\u003e~ Los Angeles Ukrainian Cultural Centre\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a rollicking, entertaining read, \u003cb\u003eBaba's Kitchen\u003c\/b\u003e will lead you into the complex soul of Eastern Europe's Indigenous people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUkrainian-Canadian Raisa Stone spent decades collecting outrageous stories and life advice, \u003cb\u003eplus 200 recipes and home remedies from survivors of Soviet and Nazi terror\u003c\/b\u003e---including her family. Raisa's narrator, Baba,is a composite of these invincible souls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUkraine has been continuously inhabited by civilized, immensely inventive people for 44,000 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor excerpts, video\/audio clips and more, visit: www.ukrainiansoulfood.ca\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUkrainians: first tamed horses,\u003c\/b\u003e invented pants (for riding!), the bow and arrow, built homes from mammoth bone \u0026amp; pyramids older than Egypt's, \u0026amp; \u003cb\u003ecreated Europe's first democratic constitution\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShamanic practices that sparked the original werewolf and Amazon legends \u003c\/b\u003e(the latter documented by Greek physician Hippocrates) combine with recipes \u0026amp; customs reaching back to the Neolithic era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e_____________\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompared to erotic games in the village bath \u0026amp; shoplifting live turkeys in your bloomers, immigrant life is beyond boring. So Baba (Grandma) is brewing up Old Country customs in her kitchen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe'll teach you to make \u003cb\u003edelicious Ukrainian dishes (plus simple folk remedies) \u003c\/b\u003ethe traditional \u0026amp; The Lazy Way, sabotage frenemies with garlic, \u0026amp; utter chilling Slavic curses such as, \u003ci\u003e\"May you be kicked by a duck!\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween tales of \u003cb\u003emagical encounters with Nature spirits\u003c\/b\u003e \u0026amp; steaming bowls of borshch is the true confession of the author's elderly neighbour: \u003cb\u003eshe murdered her abusive husband.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImagine a mouth watering Honey Onion Sauce that recalls competing with cave bears and wild bees, and the seductive magic of preparing sweet delights for the \u003ci\u003eApple Harvest Blessing\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e200 traditional Ukrainian recipes and home remedies, taught step by step as if grandma were at your side. In black \u0026amp; white text:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBorshch, including Vegetarian\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHolubtsi (Cabbage Rolls)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVarenyky (Perogies)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHoney Cake\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMakivnyk\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTraditional Holiday recipes for Easter \u0026amp; Christmas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKolach: Circle of Life Bread\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Warning: 18+ Restricted*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWicked acts with honey and raspberries, pirates, cowboys, Kozaks, bald men, bad boys and mounted police officers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou'll laugh, you'll cry!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e_____________________________________\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I enjoy reading the stories as well as learning authentic Ukrainian dishes to cook for my family. I will be sharing these recipes with my daughters and teaching them how to cook too! A lovely book with something for everyone. You feel like Baba is turning the pages with you!\"~Mattie Romanyshyn, Belfield, South Dakota\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Hilarious book - made me laugh so much. Great Ukrainian recipes which reminded me of my Mum's cooking. Love the book.\"~Luba Ryder\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I found many recipes that I had been searching for since my time in the Carpathians in 2010. The one I looked for the most was a mushroom soup that to my pleasant surprise was here. I have cooked for friends and family since I recieved the book and 4 people have loved it so much they have ordered copies of their own. The humor is Ukrainian and part of what made me fall in love with Ukraine.\"~Roberto Marquez, New Mexico\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dear Companion Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49785731383536,"sku":"9780987869302","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780987869302","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}