Flour Power: by Felicity Spector

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November 2023
The Great Ukrainian Cheese Heist
How cheese was transported out of a country at war, jumping over bureaucratic hurdles, making it to the World Cheese Awards in Norway. And Alessandra…
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Where there’s life, there’s hope
A year after Kherson’s liberation - I went with volunteers to one of the villages in nearby Mykolaiv region which was left totally destroyed by Russian…
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The Odesa cat which bakes for victory
The LBWS cats are on walls all over Odesa and beyond - both as a symbol of Ukraine’s unity and to boost morale. Now we have a mobile bakery cat too!
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October 2023
War life balance
There is no such thing as war life balance. For Ukrainian volunteers, the drink of choice is a petrol station coffee or a can of Non Stop. They don’t…
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On the mashrutka to Mykolaiv
It has to be one of the most surreal journeys of my life - on the late night mashrutka bus from Odesa to Mykolaiv, doing a writing workshop with Olia…
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Odesa’s Green Theatre
The mobile bakery has a new Odesa home in a beautiful woodland space for volunteers in the heart of the city, the Green Theatre. We’ve been baking there…
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Odesa the brave
Back in Odesa, the next stage for the mobile bakery is underway, but first: what it’s like in a city so frequently targeted by the threat of Russian…
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September 2023
24 hours in the life of a Ukrainian volunteer
Remember that post about 24 hours in a teacher’s life that went viral? It vividly showed how tough it was. This imagines a day in the life of Ukrainian…
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Cheesecake for breakfast
Welcome to my never ending search across Ukraine for the perfect syrniki - curd cheese pancakes: my absolute favourite breakfast, or at any time of day!
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Resistance and hope
We visited the Khatynka Pekarya craft bakery in Bucha - which managed to provide local people with free bread during the dark days of Russian occupation…
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Izyum is Ukraine
I travelled with volunteers from the Myrne Nebo charity to visit their volunteer kitchen and bakery in Izyum, Kharkiv region. They make hot food and…
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