Whenever I go to a party at the home of my Ukrainian neighbor, Valya Ulezko, her menu includes several fish dishes. When Valya was sauteing fish one day for dinner, I asked her what fish she likes to cook. She replied, “I just purchase whatever looks good at the market.”
Fish plays an important part in Valya’s culinary heritage. In The New Ukrainian Cookbook, Annette Ogrodnik Corona explains why: “Fabulously rich in natural reservoirs, Ukraine’s rivers and lakes teem with dozens of varieties of fish.”
