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A new partnership had Ukrainian newcomers use the kitchen of Edmonton’s oldest country bar Saturday to make traditional dishes as a fundraiser. Cook County Salon hosted the Free Store for Ukrainian Newcomers volunteers who were preparing fresh and frozen meals to sell and earn money to support their new lives in Alberta. “We’re the only […]

“They’re producing every meal as if it were going onto their family table, and we need more of that nowadays.” He may have an artificial heart but there’s nothing fake in Brad Smoliak’s love for helping others. Five years after receiving a new, battery-powered heart, Smoliak is back in the kitchen — albeit in a […]

A well-known Edmonton chef is spending his retirement helping newcomers at Ukraine’s Kitchen. Jessica Robb has that story. Watch video

Ukraine’s Kitchen is the first Ukrainian kitchen in Canada run entirely by newcomers who left the war in Ukraine. All the delicious things are here—varenyky (pyrohy) with various fillings, nalisniki, borsch, three kinds of holubtsi (cabbage rolls). Order frozen online or pick up at the store when you come for lunch. They also cater. Chef […]

The Free Store for Ukrainian Newcomers was established in the spring of 2022, and it’s had more than 6,000 visitors. The premise was simple; it would be a place where those fleeing the war in the Ukraine could find life’s necessities as they adjusted to their new lives in Canada. But what if the Free […]

Just over six months ago, life was looking very different for Nataliia Bodnrchuk, who fled Ukraine with her family while she was also pregnant with twins.  But on Saturday, the now-mother-of-four was among a dozen volunteers from the group Free Store for Ukrainian Newcomers who were hard at work making a variety of cultural dishes at Cook County Saloon in Edmonton. “When you […]

“For me, it’s more comfortable to celebrate it on Dec. 25, because the whole world celebrates it that day, why shouldn’t we?” Yuliya Shabanova has been busy this week making all kinds of dishes as the manager of Edmonton’s Ukraine’s Kitchen but she is not celebrating Orthodox Christmas this Sunday, Jan. 7. Like many within […]

This new Ukrainian kitchen in Edmonton is said to be the first of its kind in Canada. CTV News Edmonton’s Jessica Robb reports. Video

Ukraine’s Kitchen has opened in north Edmonton, providing employment to newcomers and classic dishes like perogies and borscht to those with a craving for Ukrainian food. As Slav Kornik explains, it’s giving those who left everything behind a chance to develop new skills while sharing the comforts of home. Full text

After months of hopping from kitchen to kitchen, a group of Ukrainian newcomers now has a space to call its own.  “It can be here. That part of Ukraine, we can create it here,” said newcomer Lilia Vovk. With some handmade perogies and a scoop of sour cream, that’s exactly what Ukraine’s Kitchen aims to […]