The Cook — Chapter from the Novel "Stone" by Volodymyr Shablia
The Cook Stone — Book One: First Steps Toward the Light and Back — Chapter 7 by Volodymyr Shablia March 1924. The village of Tomakivka. Barely awake, Peter opened his eyes and realized that something interesting was going on in the kitchen. His nose immediately caught some wonderfully appetizing smells—and that could only mean one thing: Grandma was making something delicious. Without wasting a moment, the boy sprang out of bed, hastily pulled on his trousers and shirt, and dashed into the kitchen. “Grandma, what are you doing?” he blurted out from the doorway. “Good morning, my little grandson!” Iryna replied with a smile. She looked expectantly at the boy, as though waiting for him to return her greeting, while her flour-covered hands continued busily at work. “Good morning, Grandma!” Peter called out, not very loudly, and then returned to the question that mattered most to him: “What smells so good?” “It smells delicious—of vanilla and cinnamon,” the woman explain...