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The Food Chain: A Ukrainian table at Christmas

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22/12/2022 GMT

BBC World Service - The Food Chain, A Ukrainian table at Christmas

Ukrainians living in the UK talk about how they’ll mark the festive season

Ukrainians living in the UK talk about how they’ll mark the festive season.

Ukrainian cookbook writer Olia Hercules reflects on why it's important to mark this festive season, and the traditional dishes she’ll be serving at the Christmas table in London this year. 
Ruth Alexander speaks to Olia and her Russian born friend and fellow food writer, Alissa Timoshkina, to discuss how these food traditions have developed and how relatives and friends will be marking Christmas in the war-torn country, ten months on from Russia’s invasion. 
Ruth also sits down with a Ukrainian family of refugees and their British hosts in Blackburn in the North of England to find out what will be on their Christmas table this year, and what it’s like to be separated from loved ones at this time. For Mariya Dmytrenko and her children, Krystina and Artem, and their hosts Brian and Julie Lamb, food has provided opportunities to bond and learn about each other’s cultures as they share a home.  
If you would like to get in touch with the show, please email: thefoodchain@bbc.co.uk 
Presented by Ruth Alexander 
Produced by Beatrice Pickup 
(Image: Mariya Dmytrenko and her children Krystina and Artem in Brian and Julie Lamb’s kitchen in Blackburn England. Credit: BBC)

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