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Revitalizing Ukrainian Cooking with Masterchef Evgeniy Klopotenko

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The most interesting experiences often arise from serendipity.  I recently shared a kitchen and an evening of Ukrainian cooking with 31-year-old Evgeniy (Zhenia) Klopotenko, winner of the 2015 Ukraine’s Masterchef contest, a graduate of Paris’s Le Cordon Bleu culinary school, a Ukrainian TV personality and producer of jams and marmalades. Young Zhenia is a trained …

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Baked Cheese Babka

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I recently discovered an early recipe for Baked Cheese Babka, a Ukrainian Easter dessert, in an out-of-print 19th century cookbook published in western Ukraine.  What intrigued me most was the fact that this Baked Cheese Babka is flourless.  After researching other baked cheese babka recipes, I realized the uniqueness of this recipe.  Other baked cheese babkas …

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Spinach Nalysnyky (Crêpes)* with Veal Stroganoff

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I was thinking recently about making crèpes when I stumbled on this Spinach Nalysnyky (Crêpes) recipe from a Ukrainian food blogger at panistefa.com. The Ukrainian language recipe, written with a chatty narrative, and its accompanying photos inspired me to try it. So I translated the text and made a batch.  The nalysnyky turned out great …

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