奥尔加Koutseridi
奥尔加Koutseridiis a Ukrainian Greek food writer, recipe developer, and researcher whose work focuses on preserving and celebrating the diversity of Ukrainian culinary heritage. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a master's degree in history. Her specializations include sourdough baking, fermentation, Slavic, Balkan, and Central Asian cuisines. You can find her recipes in the New York Times, Bake from Scratch, Food52, cookbooks, and more. She writes the newsletterLocal Bread Baker.
Experience
As a trained cultural historian and researcher, I have developed strong research and ethnographic skills that I apply to my recipe development and testing. I conduct research in 10 different languages including Ukrainian, Russian, Spanish, Catalan, German, French, Greek, Turkish, Latin, and Italian. This linguistic ability allows me to read primary sources, cookbooks and interviews, in their original language and secondary literature. With these strong research skills, I am able to thoroughly research the recipes and food topics I write about. As a cultural historian, I understand the importance of cultural and historical context.
Education
M.A. in History and Classics from The University of Texas at Austin
About Serious Eats
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