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By Joanne Asala.
Features authentic recipes plus illustrations of egg designs from Luba Perchyshyn of the Ukrainian Gift Shop, Inc., located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Recipes include hot punch, vanilla babka, fresh tomato and melon soup, braised carrots with scallions, meat pies with butter and onion sauce, and sour cream cheesecake.
Also included are menus for Christmas and weddings.

Christmas Bread with Honey p. 114

Christmas bread is usually made with buckwheat honey, which gives it its strong taste and dark color. This recipe makes one large loaf.

2 1/2 cups honey
8 eggs (at room temperature)
3/4 stick butter, softened
2 cups sugar
6 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
grated peel and juice of 1 orange
1 cup strong, black coffee
1 cup sour cream
1 cup walnuts (optional)

In a small saucepan, heat honey to boiling. Remove from heat and allow to cool. Separate eggs, reserving the whites. Beat the yolks and butter together until fluffy. Add the cooled honey and sugar and continue beating.
Sift together the dry ingredients and add to the honey mixture. Add the orange peel and juice, coffee, and sour cream. Whip the egg whites until stiff peaks form. Fold into the batter a little at a time. Stir in the nuts.
Pour into a greased and floured bread pan and bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour. Do not open the oven door during the first half of baking. Cool on wire racks. The bread may be wrapped in aluminum foil and stored for several weeks.

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Spiral bound, 5-1/2 x 3-1/2", 160 pages. ISBN 1-57216-019-5

By Bohdan Zahny.
This compendium of Ukrainian cookery contains more than just your typical babka and borshch-it features more than 200 authentic Ukrainian recipes with the special touch that, until now, only a Ukrainian grandmother could provide. Easy-to-follow recipes include everything from tantalizing appetizers to luscious desserts and beverages. The inventive cooking techniques and wide variety of ingredients found in Ukranian cuisine provide dishes that are rich in flavor, aroma, and nutrition. This cookbook shows the adventurous chef how to create everything from a simple salad to an entire Ukrainian feast.
5-1/2 x 8-1/2", 304 pages. ISBN 0-7818-0654-2

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Whether you are familiarizing yourself with the language, or planning a trip to the new republic of Ukraine, this is the phrasebook for you. For business, education, or leisure, one must realize that this area once part of the former Soviet Union has a culture and language that is quite different from Russian.
This language guide prepares its reader with fifteen chapters of situational phrases suited to: traveling by rail, trolly, car or bus; coping with emergencies, Ukrainian shopping; exchanging currency; getting along at a hotel; ordering a meal, and other daily life adventures.
Each Ukrainian phrase is accompanied by an English translation and phonetic pronunciation based on North American speech. For handy reference, included is a 3,000 word mini-dictionary listed in both English and Ukrainian. With its countless tips to facilitate living, traveling and working in Ukraine, this is an essential and indispensable item for the traveler.
Two 60-minute cassettes also available from Hippocrene for $12.95 additional.
ISBN 0--781801-88-5

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ISBN 0-781803-06-3

By Linda Hodges and George Chumak.
Originally published in 1994, this best-selling guide to scenic and culturally rich Ukraine has been completely revised and updated for this fourth edition. Detailed information on visas and customs, airlines, tours, hotels, shopping, sites of interest, insight into Ukrainian history, culture and local traditions, plus new color photos and maps make this book a goldmine of information for travelers.
Paperback, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2", 390 pages. ISBN 0-781810-63-9

By Jan Brett
Nicki drops his white mitten in the snow, without realizing it, and woodland animals find it and crawl in one by one. Jan Brett has created a dramatic and beautiful picture book in her distinctive style. She brings the animals to life with warmth and humor, and her illustrations are full of visual delights and details faithful to the Ukrainian tradition from which the story comes.
Board book ISBN 0-399231-09-9
Hardback, 32 pages. ISBN 0-399219-20-X

By Gail Parsons and Emily Vieyra
The art of decorating eggs has a Ukrainian history long antedating Christianity, but has become associated with Easter, when adults and children indulge their love of design and color in spectacular painted eggs. The designs reproduced in this book are described in detail, creating a veritable pysanky design encyclopedia by explaining and illustrating the fascinating symbolism of each traditional motif. Pysanky gift eggs can be made for newlyweds, for those embarking on new careers, for anyone in need of solace, for birthdays and anniversaries, and other occasions. with this exciting addition to the International Design Library, everyone can learn the creative arts and skills of this well-loved traditional craft.
ISBN 0-88045-160-2

By Patricia Polacco. Old Babushka, known throughout all of Moskva for her beautifully painted eggs, is preparing her eggs for the Easter Festival when she takes in an injured goose. She names the goose Rechenka, and they live happily together until, one day, Rechenka accidentally overturns a basket, breaking all of Babushka's lovingly-crafted eggs. But the next morning Babushka has a surprise awaiting her in the basket. She cries: "A miracle!" It is one of many in this charmingly told tale of friendship and caring. With vibrant, full-color illustrations, Patricia Polacco has joyously recreated the flavor of Old Moscow and its festivals. The eggs, stunningly colored and intricately designed, are authentic reproductions of eggs painted in the Ukrainian style. RECHENKA''S EGGS is a timeless story of classic beauty.

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"...My dearest heart, long ago, the two of us, loved each other sincerely, honestly, peacefully, like turtle-doves. Just imagine that I come back and do not find you! I will bring my hands together, my paling hands, and let myself die ..." This is just part of one many passionate stories in this romantic book.
Hardback, 6-1/2x 8-1/2", 128 pages. ISBN 0-781805-17-1