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Kapusta

Vegetable-Forward Recipes from Eastern Europe

Alissa Timoshkina

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English
Hardie Grant Books
04 March 2025
""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 Zak

A culinary journey across Eastern Europe, Kapusta celebrates the humble vegetables that have shaped some of the most vibrant culinary traditions in the world.

Focusing on five key vegetables to the region – cabbage, beetroot, potato, carrot and mushrooms – it honours a philosophy of cooking that has affordability, seasonality, sustainability and, above all, great flavour at its heart. With chapters on dumplings and pickles and ferments as well, you’ll find a diversity of dishes which exemplify the Eastern European culinary DNA.

Recipes are accompanied by beautiful photography and include a range of both meat-based and vegetarian dishes such as A Cabbage Strudel, both Vegan and Beef Borsch, Potato Babka, Pierogi, a Tzimmes Carrot Cake, Bulgarian Mushroom and Walnut Pâté, and a range of sauerkrauts.

Kapusta bursts with original recipes and shines a spotlight on the whole kaleidoscope of little-known culinary cultures and history from across the extensive region.
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Imprint:   Hardie Grant Books
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 256mm,  Width: 198mm,  Spine: 27mm
Weight:   966g
ISBN:   9781784885854
ISBN 10:   1784885851
Pages:   224
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Alissa Timoshkina is a food writer, cook and historian specialising in Eastern European food culture. Born in Siberia, Alissa’s heritage is Ukrainian–Jewish and Polish on her mother’s side, and Ukrainian, Russian and Belorussian on her father’s side. She is the founder of multi-award winning global fundraising campaign #CookforUkraine, which since its inception has raised close to £2.5 million. She is the author of Salt and Time: Recipes from a Russian Kitchen, which was a finalist in the Guild of Food Writers and the Julia Child Awards. Alissa lives in North London with her partner and their two children. Kapusta is her second book. @alissatimoshkina.

Reviews for Kapusta: Vegetable-Forward Recipes from Eastern Europe

Vegetable-forward recipes from Eastern Europe that celebrate seasonal, sustainable, low-cost eating and bring humble plant-based cooking into the heart of the kitchen. ""Alissa‘s recipes speak to my stomach. I am especially a lifelong fan of cabbage, and her cabbage chapter is fantastic."" -- Melissa Hemsley Alissa‘s recipes speak to my stomach. I am especially a lifelong fan of cabbage, and her cabbage chapter is fantastic. Alissa turns the cabbage cliché on its head in this joyful celebration of Eastern European cooking. Come for the food and stay for the stories—every curious cook will take a leaf out of this book. ""Alissa turns the cabbage cliché on its head in this joyful celebration of Eastern European cooking. Come for the food and stay for the stories—every curious cook will take a leaf out of this book."" -- Yotam Ottolenghi ""Kapusta is a word that’s close to my heart, as it brings to mind my favourite dish of young cabbage cooked in buttery dill. The book is just as warm and inviting. Alissa’s writing soothes the soul and her recipes always inspire. Kapusta is filled to the brim with beautiful, imaginative recipes that have the power to revitalise the kitchen, comfort the spirit and shine a fresh light on the world of Eastern European food."" -- Zuza Zak Kapusta is a word that’s close to my heart, as it brings to mind my favourite dish of young cabbage cooked in buttery dill. The book is just as warm and inviting. Alissa’s writing soothes the soul and her recipes always inspire. Kapusta is filled to the brim with beautiful, imaginative recipes that have the power to revitalise the kitchen, comfort the spirit and shine a fresh light on the world of Eastern European food. Just like the vegetable for which this book is named, Alissa’s recipes are always full of layers: of flavour, of history, of intention. Kapusta will fill your heart with gladness and your belly with buckwheat. ""Just like the vegetable for which this book is named, Alissa’s recipes are always full of layers: of flavour, of history, of intention. Kapusta will fill your heart with gladness and your belly with buckwheat."" -- Alice Zaslavsky ""If the measure of a cookbook's success is whether it inspires you to try the recipes then Kapusta goes one better. It is a book of plenty, a meal in itself."" -- Caroline Eden If the measure of a cookbook's success is whether it inspires you to try the recipes then Kapusta goes one better. It is a book of plenty, a meal in itself.


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