Summer Kitchens
Recipes and Reminiscences from Every Corner of Ukraine
by Olia Hercules
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Pub Date 25 Jun 2020 | Archive Date 30 Jun 2020
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (UK & ANZ) | Bloomsbury Publishing
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Description
'A complete revelation' Nigella Lawson
Olia Hercules owes some of her earliest and fondest memories to the ‘summer kitchens’ of her parents, grandparents, neighbours and friends in Ukraine. These small buildings are separate from the main house, and always positioned near a fruit plot or veg patch so families can enjoy the home-grown produce as it ripens, and preserve the surplus in preparation for winter.
The number of summer kitchens is dwindling these days, but there is still so much we can learn about making the most of the vibrant summer produce throughout the rest of the year. Summer Kitchens contains recipes such as Borsch with duck and smoked pears, Burnt aubergine butter and tomato toast, Pot roast chicken with herb crème fraîche, Nettle, sorrel and wild garlic soup and Poppyseed babka.
With beautiful photography and writing on the people and lush landscapes of Ukraine, this book will transport you to idyllic summer kitchens past and present.
Advance Praise
'Summer Kitchens is a complete revelation. This wonderful book is such a stunningly beautiful evocation of spirit of place and sensibility, and I long to cook my way through it' Nigella Lawson
'What a wonderful world Olia and this book transport us to. Pure magic in its recipes and its storytelling' Anna Jones
'Reading my way through Summer Kitchens has set me off falling in love with Ukraine. I’ve never been there but Olia’s beautiful words, her do-able and delicious sounding recipes, and the snapshots and scenery are all absorbing. I'm so pleased she is sharing these culinary secrets' Melissa Hemsley
Marketing Plan
Major title for Bloomsbury this summer.
Olia is famously warm charismatic and she is well-known on radio, podcasts and TV; she has also been on Saturday Kitchen and Sunday Brunch.
In 2016 Olia was the winner of the Observer's Rising Star Award, and her debut cookbook, Mamushka, won the Fortnum & Mason Debut Food Book Award 2016.
Summer Kitchens taps into the current obsession with the taste and health benefits of fermented foods, and a whole chapter of recipes is dedicated to creating your store cupboard of ferments.
Features stunning, atmospheric photography of summer kitchens around rural Ukraine, and stories from those who have grown up and grown old with them.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781408899090 |
| PRICE | £26.00 (GBP) |
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