A Ukrainian table at Christmas
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Ukrainian cookbook writer Olia Hercules reflects on why it's important to mark this festive season, and the traditional dishes she\\u2019ll be serving at the Christmas table in London this year. \\nRuth 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\\u2019s invasion. \\nRuth 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\\u2019s 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\\u2019s cultures as they share a home. \\nIf you would like to get in touch with the show, please email: thefoodchain@bbc.co.uk \\nPresented by Ruth Alexander \\nProduced by Beatrice Pickup \\n(Image: Mariya Dmytrenko and her children Krystina and Artem in Brian and Julie Lamb\\u2019s kitchen in Blackburn England. Credit: BBC)
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