Ground beef and potatoes

The above video is from a site named Essen Recipes, which would indicate it is coming from Germany. Plus, the bottom captions are in German. Still, when I watched it, I thought it had Slavic touches to the cooking. It turns out I was partially right; in reading the comments the cook is a Ukrainian woman. Still, the dishes she whips up are tasty looking.

Paintings by Artem Rogowoi

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This is a small collection of paintings by Artem Rogowoi. He's a contemporary Ukrainian artist. He's previously worked in art restoration, and uses his knowledge of earlier painting techniques in his works. 

Artem Rogowoi

Cooking burritos in the Capathian Mountains

Since she's white I suppose some knuckleheads would accuse Mairia of cultural appropriation for her theft of a burrito recipe. However, to me it looks to me like a tasty example of cultural diffusion.

 

Artwork by Issachar Ber Ryback

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Issachar Ber Ryback was an early 20th Century Ukrainian artist. After the Russian revolution he was part of the group of avant-garde Russian artists. While influenced by cubism and impressionism, he drew his inspiration from his early life and Jewish folktales. In 1928 he moved to Paris where he spent the rest of his life. 

These images, and those after the jump, are a sample of his paintings and lithographs. 

Issachar Ber Ryback self portrait

The forsaken people

Ukrainian soldiers patrol the Yasynuvata district of Ukraine’s Donetsk region
(Andriy Andriyenko/Associated Press)

 A Snowy Morning - Shin Kyung-rim

“Good morning.
Today of all days, the flurries are cold.”
“How are you going to stand this winter?”
“Will you bloom again next year?”

The old trees say this to the old trees,
the forsaken people say this to the forsaken people,
coughing and shaking off the snow.