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Home Food: 100 Recipes to Comfort and Connect: Ukraine • Cyprus • Italy • England • and Beyond Hardcover – September 27, 2022

by Olia Hercules (Author), Joe Woodhouse (Photographer)
4.7 out of 5 stars 136 ratings
Acclaimed Ukrainian chef and food writer Olia Hercules shares 100 comforting recipes that can unite us no matter where we are from and where we end up.

In her most personal book yet, Olia Hercules distills a lifetime of kitchen curiosity into her 100 most loved recipes. She draws on her broad influences: her childhood in Eastern Europe; her years in Cyprus and Italy; her simple, plant-centric family meals at home in London; and the special festive recipes she has gleaned along the way. All these seemingly diverse recipes are centered in comfort and connection. These are recipes that have been hand written, handed down, and shared among friends: “They are nostalgic like the potatoes of my childhood, they share trade secrets like Bisque-style red mullet pasta, they interweave every day like Joe’s beet, feta, and potatoes, and they make everything ok like Life-giving rhubarb cake. The foods we choose to cook time and again are part of what makes us, and when we share those recipes, we give a little of ourselves.” In this book Olia gives us her food story through her very favorite recipes.
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  1. Print length
    308 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Interlink Books
  4. Publication date
    September 27, 2022
  5. Dimensions
    7.44 x 1.1 x 9.68 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1623718007
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1623718008
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Acclaimed Ukrainian chef and food writer Olia Hercules shares 100 comforting recipes that can unite us no matter where we are from and where we end up

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Her most personal book yet, Olia Hercules’ newest release is chock full of beloved recipes, family traditions, and comfort food you can bring to your own table.

  • Features diverse recipes, from plant-centric family meals to special, festive dishes
  • Nostalgic, traditional recipes hand-written and passed down by families and friends
  • Enjoy meals from Ukraine, Cyprus, Italy, England, and more
  • Activist author who helped organize #CookForUkraine campaign

Inside This Book

Pasta with Garlic Confit

Home: How We Eat Now

Pasta with Confit Garlic, Goat Cheese, and Thyme

Radish and Pomegranate Salad

Migrations: My Family, Interwoven Foods, Cultures, and Memories

Radish and Pomegranate Salad

Bobbie’s Chicken and Pork Adobo

La Libertà Che Mi Vuole: An Italian Interlude

Bobbie’s Chicken and Pork Adobo

Cabbage Fritters

Potatoes and Cabbage, The Food That Shaped Me

Cabbage Fritters

Lamb Shoulder

Celebrating Together: The Magic of Festive Food

Lamb Shoulder with Herbs and Preserved Lemons

Double Garlic Chicken

Food and Love: Cooking as Self-Care

Double Garlic Poached-Roast Chicken

Peanut and Dulce de Leche Cake

Lime Tree Honey in the Air: Sweetness

Peanut and Dulce de Leche Cake

Seeded Rye Bread

Useful Recipes: New Pantry Staples

Tromsø’s Seeded Rye Bread

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About the Author

Olia Hercules was born in Ukraine and lived in Cyprus before moving to the UK to study English, Italian, and Russian. After working as a chef for several years, she released her bestselling and award-winning debut cookbook, Mamushka, in 2016. This was followed by Kaukasis and Summer Kitchens, both of which also received critical acclaim. Home Food is her fourth cookbook.

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Longlisted for the Art of Eating Prize 2023

“In addition to writing three critically acclaimed cookbooks, Hercules is also credited with the launch of the #CookForUkraine movement. In this deeply personal cookbook, she pulls inspiration from her childhood in Ukraine, as well her years spent in Cyprus, Italy, and England.” -- Thrillist, The 11 Most Exciting Cookbooks to Look Out for this Fall

“Centering comfort and connection, acclaimed Ukranian chef Olia Hercules weaves influence from her childhood in Eastern Europe and years in Cyprus, Italy, and London into 100 recipes. Dishes like radish and pomegranate salad, roasted potatoes topped with feta, yogurt, dill, and chopped carrots, and baked apples stuffed with creamy tvorog or ricotta get woven together with stories that make her fourth cookbook her most personal yet.” -- Epicurious

“Hercules’ very honest, very human confessions and personal stories are endearing, and they engender trust in her recipes and with her as a person. Even if you don’t cook any of the 100 dishes offered in Home Food: 100 Recipes to Comfort and Connect, the book is worth owning for its profound insights into small things that have great meaning in life. Hercules’ beautiful, affirming tales celebrate our humanity, while her mostly easy recipes open the door to a new palette of cooking flavors and techniques.” -- New York Journal of Books

"Hercules shares recipes designed to spark “the feeling of comfort... and memories of meals shared with those we love” in a standout collection that feels like a warm culinary embrace. Intimate and informative, funny and thoughtful, and never anything less than genuine, this is a treasure." -- ―Publishers Weekly, starred review

“The idea of home is dynamic to acclaimed Ukrainian chef and food writer Olia Hercules. Drawing from her experiences of life in Ukraine, Cyprus, and England, Hercules' newest cookbook, Home Food, is her most personal yet. We spent the year reading it as if it were a page-turning novel. And when those very human, heartwarming stories are followed by a recipe for peanut dulce de leche cake? We're all in.” -- Delish’s Best Cookbook of 2022

A winning collection of recipes, combinations, and heart make this a welcome addition to any shelf. -- ―Library Journal

“[A] standout collection that feels like a warm culinary embrace…Hercules again proves herself to be one of the great narrative recipe writers, and her distinctive voice provides reassuring and occasionally self-deprecating guidance. Intimate and informative, funny and thoughtful, and never anything less than genuine, this is a treasure.” -- Publishers Weekly

Book Description

Acclaimed Ukrainian chef and food writer Olia Hercules shares 100 comforting recipes that can unite us no matter where we are from and where we end up.

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Interlink Books (September 27, 2022)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 308 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1623718007
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1623718008
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.35 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.44 x 1.1 x 9.68 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 out of 5 stars 136 ratings

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Olia Hercules was born in the south of Ukraine in 1984. She left her home town Kakhovka at the age of twelve, when she moved to Cyprus.

After finishing school, she moved to the UK where she studied Italian language and International Relations at the University of Warwick. After spending a year in Italy, Olia settled in London, pursuing a journalistic career after completing her Master’s degree.

Following the financial crisis of 2008, Olia decided to quit her job as a film business reporter to pursue her dream to cook for a living.

She trained at the renowned Leiths School of Food and Wine and then worked as a chef de partie in restaurants, including Ottolenghi, and as a recipe developer before landing a book deal for Mamushka, a cookbook that celebrates her family recipes, from Ukraine and Moldova to Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan. Mamushka has won the prestigious Fortnum and Mason Award for best debut cookbook 2016.

Olia was named the Observer Rising Star of 2015.

Her second cookbook is called Kaukasis: a culinary journey through Georgia, Azerbaijan and beyond. It is published on August 10th in the UK and Australia and in October 2017 in the US, Canada, Germany and Poland.

She lives in London with her son Sasha and partner Joe, writing, cooking and feeding her unceasing curiosity by researching food culture and culinary traditions of countries less explored.

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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic morning or Sunday afternoon read
    Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2025
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    This is a really nice heartwarming book full of great stories and recipes. I really love Olia’s voice, calm, warm and inviting. Love it!
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  • VAZ
    5.0 out of 5 stars The best recipes and cookbook
    Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2023
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    I love all of Olia Hercules cookbooks and have bought several. I have also bought them as gifts. Being Ukrainian myself, it’s important to continue cooking foods of our motherland and sharing them with friends and family. Her cookbook has not just great recipes that are easy to recreate, but she tells her own stories with photos and essays about the kinship behind the recipes and ingredients. A beautiful cookbook filled with legacy recipes. I live that this one touches on several different European cultures too.
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  • Jo
    5.0 out of 5 stars . QR codes link to technique videos related to the recipe. Amazing!
    Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2022
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    First time I have seen a cookbook have QR codes on many recipes with links to recipe related techniques. Very helpful!
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  • Giuseppe
    5.0 out of 5 stars Libro fatto benissimo
    Reviewed in Italy on August 2, 2023
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    Libro fatto benissimo, super consigliato
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  • helena r
    5.0 out of 5 stars Comforting, interesting and delicious
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 30, 2024
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    Had it 4 days and already made 4 things from it. Beautiful writing, so interesting and also works for inspiration that isn’t out of reach of a home cook with a normal store cupboard and a fussy family!
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    Reviewed in Canada on September 13, 2023
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    Very interesting and wonderful recipes. A must for cooks library.
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    Reviewed in Canada on July 4, 2023
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Just Perfect.
    Reviewed in Italy on August 9, 2022
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    Bravo! This is the third book of yours I have bought and all of them were just simly perfect. Thank You.
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