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"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 honors a philosophy of cooking that has affordability, seasonality, sustainability and, above all, great flavor 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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