SUMMER KITCHENS (UKRAINE)

The 'summer kitchens' of Olia Hercules’ family, neighbours and friends in Ukraine were small buildings, always near a fruit plot or veg patch, where families could enjoy home-grown produce as it ripened and preserve the surplus for winter. In here are 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 - straight from idyllic summer kitchens past and present.