Until the Last Pickle

Born to a Jewish mother and Ukrainian father during the final years of the Soviet Union Yuliya Patsay grew up believing bread lines were a fun way to spend an afternoon drafts caused pneumonia and that Lenin was everyone's benevolent grandpa. After trading pickled herring and Soviet winters for San Francisco fog and year-round produce (the real American dream!) she found herself occupying two parallel universes: the first grounded in her Soviet roots and the second in her burgeoning 'Amerikanskiye' beliefs.?Irreverent nostalgic and vulnerable Until the Last Pickle is a memoir replete with remembrances anecdotes and exactly 18 recipes. It's an exploration of identity and belonging - at once deeply personal and broadly relatable - told through the lens of one family's totally average immigration journey.