Sudbury·Northern Nosh

Meet the woman honouring her grandmother through Ukrainian cooking

Androocha Pouch started Baba K's Ukrainian Kitchen in Sault Ste. Marie as a way to honour and remember her grandmother.

Baba K's Ukrainian Kitchen produces perogies and other Ukrainian classics

Cheddar perogies with sour cream from Baba K's Ukrainian Kitchen. (Supplied by Androocha Pouch)

When Androocha Pouch's grandmother died, the Sault Ste. Marie woman took it hard.

"I was really close with her," she told me. "For all those months after, I just didn't do anything. I was a little bit depressed."

But then Pouch had a revelation. 

"I thought, you know what, she wouldn't want me like this — she'd be kicking my butt to cook and stuff, so I'd better get moving."

And that's how Baba K's Ukrainian Kitchen came to be.

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Baba K's Ukrainian Kitchen can be reached on Facebook.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jonathan Pinto is the host of Up North, CBC Radio One's regional afternoon show for Northern Ontario and is based in Sudbury. He was formerly a reporter/editor and an associate producer at CBC Windsor. Email jonathan.pinto@cbc.ca.