The Best of Ukrainian Cuisine (Hippocrene International Cookbook Series) (Paperback)

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Product Description

This compendium of Ukranian cookery contains more than just your typical babka and borshch--it features more than 200 authentic Ukranian recipes with the special touch that, until now, only a Ukranian grandmother could provide. The Best of Ukranian Cuisine gives away grandmother's trade secrets, enabling cooks to create everything from a simple salad to an entire Ukranian feast.

Living up to its name, this cookbook offers recipes for Ukranian favorites, such as kasha (buckwheat groats), potato pancakes, and stuffed cabbage, along with popular contemporary dishes like pike sautéed in sour cream and apple babka. The inventive cooking techniques and wide variety of ingredients found in Ukranian cuisine provide dishes that are rich in flavor and nutrition, as well as easy to prepare. Includes a complete list of menu items in Ukranian and English.

About the Author

Born in Lviv, Ukraine, Bohdan Zahny learned traditional and contemporary Ukranian cooking from his mother and grandmother. He later honed his culinary skills with well-known Ukranian chef T.J. Tatshan.

Product Details

• Paperback: 308 pages
• Publisher: Hippocrene Books; Expanded edition (May 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0781806542
• ISBN-13: 978-0781806541
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #534,116 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Charming and Authentic Book!, September 7, 2003

By	"globalepicure" (Philadelphia, PA USA) - See all my reviews

An American with family members who make regular trips to Ukraine, I have some knowledge of the hearty and delicious cuisine of that wonderful country. I love this book because it presents the cuisine as it actually is in the towns of Ukraine. You are not presented with bastardized, Americanized recipes, but with the authentic cookery you would experience during a visit to a normal, middle class home.

The book starts with a brief foreword on Ukrainian food traditions. In the back there is an 8-page bilingual dictionary of food terms and phrases to use in restaurants. In between, the book is packed with both traditional and contemporary recipes for everything from appetizers to main dishes to sweets and even a substantial section on beverages both alcoholic and not, and recipes for making several different kinds of beer.

I highly recomment this book.

28 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars don't waste your time with this one., August 20, 1999

By A Customer

Excited to find the best of Ukrainian cuisine won't work with this book unless you're still on a farm in some other decade. Or you like cooking with lard, grinding meat, and of course removing organs and bones from pigs - oh, yum! The author's translations in the back of the book from English to Ukrainian for ordering meals are worth a laugh. However, I think he's serious. Pass this book up.