Aunty Beba’s Stuffed Zucchini

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Cuisines of Odesa: A Ukrainian Cookbook

By Maria Kalenska

Published 2026

  • About

“I was the first one to say I was Jewish out loud,” Inna Emilievna Rikun-Stein told us as she recalled her career as a librarian. Inna is a fount of knowledge when it comes to Odesa’s history. She explained how during Soviet times, many people were forced to change their names, hide their ethnicity, and avoid using their language. But the food that people cooked at home revealed who they truly were. This recipe is the e