Festive Ukrainian Cooking
Marta Pisetska Farley
Published by the University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pa., 15261
Copyright © 1990, Marta Pisetska Farley
All rights reserved
Eurospan, London
Manufactured in the United States of America
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Farley, Marta Pisetska.
Festive Ukrainian cooking/Marta Pisetska Farley.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-8229-3646-1
1.Cookery, Ukrainian. 2. Ukraine-Social life and customs.
I. Title.
TX723.3.F371990
641.5947'71-dc20 90-30614
CIP
Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xi
Note on Sources xix
I Traditional Feasts
1 Christmas Eve (Sviata Vechera) 3
2 Christmas (Rizdvo Khrystove) 27
3 Easter (Velykden') 37
4 First Sunday After Easter (Provody) 60
5 Feast of Saint George (Sviato Iuriia) 72
6 Pentecost (Zeleni Sviata) 78
7 Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (Petra) 85
8 Feast of the Transfiguration (Spasa) 93
9 Feast of Saint Demetrios (Dmytra) 103
10 Feasts of Saint Catherine and Saint Andrew
(Kateryny i Andriia) 114
II Family Celebrations
11 Weddings (Vesillia) 125
12 Name Days (lmenyny) 142
13 Gathering Wild Mushrooms (Hryby) 177
Appendixes 191
Notes 195
Glossary 201
Bibliography 207
Index to Recipes 211
