Dushar is from
Lviv. She earned degrees from
Lviv University in Biology and Biophysics. Her post-graduate research focussed on Ukrainian cuisine, with a particular focus on the food of
Halychyna. She also works to collect and publish historic recipes from the region, in order to facilitate resurgence in the region's culinary heritage. She also researches the culinary traditions of
Ukrainian diaspora communities. In 2019, Dushar was awarded a
Fulbright Scholarship for a research project entitled, 'Reclaiming Ukraine's Gastronomic Traditions: More Than Just
Borscht and
Varenyky. The project was based in the Department of Social Anthropology in the Ethnology Institute of
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. She also works on the history of
borscht, and supported its inclusion as part of the
UNESCO listing of Ukraine's
intangible cultural heritage. Dushar has co-authored several books, widening appreciation of the works of other writers, such as the novelist
Sofia Andrukhovych,
Daria Tsvek,
Olha Franko, amongst others. Her recipe for mushroom and gherkin soup appeared in
Summer Kitchens by
Olia Hercules. She also writes under the pseudonym Pani Stefa, which she also used as the name for her blog. == Selected publications ==