About BABUNYA

My mom, Janina Kostiw also known to the family as Baba short for our Babunya (means Grandmother) was born in the Western part of Ukraine on May 5, 1926.

From about the age of two my mom was raised and grew up in Brazil being brought up with the family seasoning that was passed down from her moms, grandmother in which they incorporated seasonings from around their local area. Being brought up on a farm in the rural parts of Brazil that was on the edge of the jungle, you had to make do with what you had. You couldn’t run to the local Wal-Mart to get milk, bread or butter. Everything was made from scratch.