On the many trips across Ukraine Anna Voloshyna took to research her upcoming cookbook, she had to wear a helmet and a bulletproof vest. But, determined to bring the book to fruition, Voloshyna never gave it a second thought. Voloshyna was born in a small Ukrainian village near Mykolaiv, and moved to the Bay Area in 2011. Photo: Jason Perry“I didn’t think I’d write another Ukrainian cookbook because I thought I’d told everything I wanted to tell,” Voloshyna tells Vogue. Each recipe offers a primer on a different corner of the country’s culinary history and cultural identity.