Piroshky Piroshky

Release: 10.24.24

During our interview with Olga Sagan, owner of Piroshky Piroshky, she said, "Can you imagine dropping everything in your forties? New language, new country. You have your two teenagers. They had to immigrate from the Soviet Union back then through Italy to Seattle. Zina was a prominent attorney in Tallinn, and she moved here to clean hotel rooms, just like any immigrant story. Vladimir, her husband, he was a Baker. So, that's how there is a baking background right there. So they did what you now call crowdfunding. On October 24, 1992, they opened their door and started bringing that Eastern European, Estonian, Russian, Ukrainian cuisine here to Seattle." 

Madinah In The Market originally aired as a radio-first editorial series, produced as recorded field pieces inside Pike Place Market. These archived episodes reflect the program’s foundational approach, created before its transition to a multi-platform show.

Originally broadcast on KBCS. Distributed by Madinah Slaise Media.

· Madinah In The Market | S1, E9