Christmas is a long-awaited and cozy holiday. Despite the harsh Ukrainian winters, it is always celebrated with warmth in the heart and kindness in the soul. It seems that love and happiness are in the air. A big feast is an essential attribute of the celebration. The whole family and invited guests gather at the festive table. Everyone exchanges gifts, proclaims toasts, and enjoys each other's company in a festive atmosphere. To create this wonderful atmosphere, try cooking Ukrainian Christmas bakery. Here are 3 traditional recipes that will impress...
5 Sought-after West Ukrainian desserts
Nowadays muffins, cupcakes, tiramisu, and doughnuts fill all shop windows and restaurant menus. Undoubtedly, these world desserts are delicious, but let’s refresh our memory about amazing sweet authentic dishes from Western Ukraine. It has been known about language borrowings and similarities in clothing ornaments of Ukrainians from Western Ukraine with their European neighbors for long time. This assimilation didn’t go round the culinary field. Hungarians, Polacks, Slovaks, and even Germans gifted Western Ukraine a plethora of tasty recipes which are still popular and well-liked. Hombovtsi Hombovtsi are the Carpathian...
The history of wedding baking – Dyvuvannia
Dyvuvannia – is the unique decoration of a festival wedding table, the emerging of which we owe to the ancient Ukrainian traditions. This wedding bakery is considered to be a very symbolic rite which is undeservingly pushed out by the modern fashion craze. Dyvuvannia doesn’t mean surprise as many of us may think but it means girlhood. From olden times the long tresses were a symbol of girlhood. That’s why dyvuvannia reminds the long hair of girls which is decorated with flowers and ribbons. Ingredients: 200 ml milk 7 g...