Alissa Timoshkina

"Come for the food and stay for the stories – every curious cook will take a leaf out of this book." – Yotam Ottolenghi "A rare cookbook that engages our thinking and delights our senses." – Olia Hercules "This book is just as warm and inviting and shines a fresh light on the world of Eastern European food." – Zuza ZakA culinary journey...

In Lozhka, award-winning writer and co-founder of #CookforUkraine, Alissa Timoshkina explores the cuisines of Eastern Europe through recipes, stories and shared histories, revealing a rich culinary landscape shaped by resilience, migration and generosity. Spanning Ukrainian, Jewish, Tatar, Hungarian, Polish, Slovak and Roma traditions, among others, Lozhka captures a cuisine without borders – one shaped by migration, resilience, generosity and deep-rooted...

Salt & Time will transform perceptions of the food of the former Soviet Union, and especially Siberia—the crossroads of Eastern European and Central Asian cuisine—with 100 inviting recipes adapted for modern tastes and Western kitchens, and evocative storytelling to explain and entice. Why not try the restorative Solyanka fish soup (a famous Russian hangover cure), savour the fragrant Chicken with...