When I asked Maria, a founder of Kerkyra Culinary and Wellbeing in Cyprus, what Odesan cuisine meant to her, she simply answered—a celebration! Tables laden with lots of different food, and lots of different people talking, laughing, gossiping, and arguing. Enjoying life! New Year’s Eve is the biggest holiday on the calendar in Odesa, when people from all religions, generations, and ethnicities come together and share a feast. Maria tells a story of how she
