Katerina is what we call “a cook from God,” meaning she feels food and cooking really well, despite never being professionally trained. She was often invited to cater at events, especially weddings. Katerina’s parents live in a village close to Odesa, where she goes as much as she can, not the least to use the pich, a proper old Slavic masonry oven, for baking (her Easter paska buns are legendary). For the last few years, Katerina ha
