For her fourth cookbook, the London\u002Dbased Ukrainian chef and author stayed close to home. Learn about the inspiration for the book.
), her first three cookbooks have an anthropological feel. She had intended the fourth to continue in this vein, tracing her grandmother Vera Paskova’s journey from Siberia, where she was born, to Uzbekistan and Ukraine. But then the pandemic hit, lockdowns happened and Hercules gave birth to her second son, Wilfred. She had to rethink everything.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
Hercules wrote an essay, “Lime Tree Honey in the Air,” and sent it to her publisher. They hadn’t planned to include essays in the book, but were enthusiastic and she set out to write more.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.The gentle reflection on Hercules’s experiences living in Ukraine, Cyprus, Italy and England,is a balm — 100 recipes punctuated by personal essays and vignettes on comfort and connection, food and memory contributed by friends.
“I just kept thinking, ‘Is it a Ukrainian thing? Is it a universal thing?’ Then I went to my friend Caroline, who’s from Shropshire, and she totally immediately got the oniony apple thing, and told me about her story. And I just thought, ‘Oh, maybe I can ask friends, maybe from different cultures, to see if they have something similar, something that people will just really get.’”Article contentopening essay, “Those Things That Connect Us: Onions and Apples.
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