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The making of paska, an Easter bread, by chef Mary Woloshyn
Willis and I made the rounds of hospital patients yesterday and then strolled over to the nursing home to have afternoon tea with the longterm-care residents. One of the local ladies was making this traditional Ukrainian paska so we admired her handiwork.
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You have to move quickly to get all the tiny pieces of dough into place before they rise too much, but when you're successful, the finished product looks like this:
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