Traditional Ukrainian Cookery

DescriptionTraditional Ukrainian Cookery by Savella Stechishin is rare and no longer in print. “This book departs somewhat from the standard way of writing a cookbook. Along with the old-world recipes brought up-to-date. There is a brief portrayal of a way of life of the Ukrainian people. Giving a chronicle of customs, traditions and ceremonies.”The first of its kind in Canada and preserving for posterity the Ukrainian way of cooking. This book is based largely on a number of selected recipes from various Ukrainian cookbooks published in Western Ukraine before the WW2. Several of the recipes have been contributed by Ukrainian-Canadian homemakers.In addition to recipes featured specifically for Christmas, New Year, Yordan, and Easter is a cuisine cornucopia of recipes for sundry delicious, daily consumption: Appetizers, soups, soup accompaniments, meat, poultry, game, fish, stuffings, sauces, eggs, cheese, griddle cakes, starchy foods (lokshyna, varenyky [pyrohy], holubtsi, and kasha), vegetables, salads, salad dressings, desserts, dessert sauces, breads, bread pastries, tort fillings and icings, confections, preserves and pickles. Also included are: common food equivalents and translating foreign measurements. This cookery is a virtual encyclopedia of gastronomy and culinary arts.Savella Stechishin, née Wawryniuk, made significant contributions toward the recognition and preservation of  Ukrainian traditions and handicrafts in Canada. Ms. Stechishin was appointed to the Order of Canada in 1989, and in 1998 was the recipient of the Saskatchewan Order of Merit. She has been described as “an ethnocultural social maternal feminist.”Savella helped establish the Ukrainian Women’s Association of Canada in 1926. Which she headed organization for many years, and later the Ukrainian Museum of Canada in 1936.Dust jacket is faded and ripped. The hardcover book itself is in excellent condition.