Cultural Memory through Food: A Cooking Class with Maarit Tymchyshyn
Culture roots in the Village Series
Date & Time: Thursday November 26, 2026
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30PM
Location: TableSpace Coworking, 196 Osborne St.
Free to attend!
Exploring Ukrainian diaspora foodways and legacy.
Join Maarit this evening as she guides participants in learning how to make vegetarian borscht while exploring the dish's history, its significance and why it why it has persisted as an important cultural food for Ukrainians in the Canadian diaspora as well as for citizens of Ukraine. Maarit will share her experiences, research and history of Ukrainian diaspora foodways, and encourage participants to consider how they preserve this cultural aspect in their own lives
Participants will be able to share, discuss, and hear stories of others cultural dishes, their importance, cultural memories and storytelling.
There will be a sharing of the borscht to finish the event, and participants would go home with a recipe of the borscht we made so that they can recreate it at home.
All ages. Children 12 and under must be accompanied by a guardian.