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Watermelons, deruny, and bioweapons: on food and humour during wartime

12.12.2022 / 16:04

Watermelons, deruny, and bioweapons: on food and humour during wartime

What can the memes tell us? What about the memes about food? How come critical situations produce so many jokes? Since when did food become the butt of the joke? And how does food make or break stereotypes? How does food help us process...

Food and culinary practices during war: theoretical study (and) personal experience

13.11.2022 / 13:03

#RESEARCH

Food and culinary practices during war: theoretical study (and) personal experience

In late spring this year, students of the Kyiv National University have launched a social and anthropological study into the changing and altering wartime culinary practices which began with the Russian invasion on the 24th of February...

Salt in traditional Ukrainian dishes and should Ukrainians brace themselves for salt shortages?

21.06.2022 / 20:02

SALT

Salt in traditional Ukrainian dishes and should Ukrainians brace themselves for salt shortages?

The materials are published with support from donations and help from the volunteers, provided to the Centre Food Studies by the їzhakultura community. Support us on Patreon! In June the Soledar City in the Donetsk region was...

02.12.2020 / 12:12

#GENDERSTUDIES

War for breakfast and crisis for lunch

The materials are published with support from donations and help from the volunteers, provided to the Centre Food Studies by the їzhakultura community. Support us on Patreon! We don’t usually associate war with food, but...

To devour one’s opponent: food allegories in politics

24.08.2020 / 16:45

To devour one’s opponent: food allegories in politics

The materials are published with support from donations and help from the volunteers, provided to the Centre Food Studies by the їzhakultura community. Support us on Patreon! “We will catch him and eat him like a cake”...

Wild honey: a concise history of Ukrainian honey farming

14.03.2020 / 10:57

WILD HONEY

Wild honey: a concise history of Ukrainian honey farming

The materials are published with support from donations and help from the volunteers, provided to the Centre Food Studies by the їzhakultura community. Support us on Patreon! Ukrainian cuisine does not exist without honey. Old...

Ukrainian cooking on the pages of Our Life magazine published by the Ukrainian immigrant community in the US

23.03.2019 / 00:11

#GASTROIMMIGRATION

Ukrainian cooking on the pages of Our Life magazine published by the Ukrainian immigrant community in the US

The materials are published with support from donations and help from the volunteers, provided to the Centre Food Studies by the їzhakultura community. Support us on Patreon! Our Life magazine was established by the Ukrainian...

13.03.2019 / 13:20

SUNFLOWER

The not-so-common sunflower

The materials are published with support from donations and help from the volunteers, provided to the Centre Food Studies by the їzhakultura community. Support us on Patreon! Sometimes flowers emerge as national emblems and become...

Cooking traditions in Kyiv at the time of Bohdan Khmelnytsky: Part 2 – Convent desserts

10.02.2019 / 21:11

HETMANATE

Cooking traditions in Kyiv at the time of Bohdan Khmelnytsky: Part 2 – Convent desserts

The materials are published with support from donations and help from the volunteers, provided to the Centre Food Studies by the їzhakultura community. Support us on Patreon! In the previous article Ihor Netudykhatkin described...

The Cossack shynok tavern: myth and real history – Part 2

17.01.2019 / 14:56

SHYNOK

The Cossack shynok tavern: myth and real history – Part 2

The materials are published with support from donations and help from the volunteers, provided to the Centre Food Studies by the їzhakultura community. Support us on Patreon! Olexii Sokyrko’s continues his study on the...

The Cossack shynok tavern: myth and real history – Part 1

27.12.2018 / 17:09

SHYNOK

The Cossack shynok tavern: myth and real history – Part 1

The materials are published with support from donations and help from the volunteers, provided to the Centre Food Studies by the їzhakultura community. Support us on Patreon! The Ukrainian shynok tavern is perhaps one of the most...

11.10.2018 / 12:18

#IN_A_NUTSHELL

About borshch

The materials are published with support from donations and help from the volunteers, provided to the Centre Food Studies by the їzhakultura community. Support us on Patreon! Seems like everything has already been said about...

06.08.2018 / 09:23

Fish, where are you!?!

The materials are published with support from donations and help from the volunteers, provided to the Centre Food Studies by the їzhakultura community. Support us on Patreon! Modern Ukrainian consumers are provided with a wide...