Polish Country Kitchen Cookbook (Expanded)

by Sophie Hodorowicz Knab

Book Overview

"...blends recipes for favorite Polish foods with the history and culture which created them, using seasonal arrangement to explore Polish life and how food traditions evolved. Recipes have been adapted for American kitchens but retain their authentic roots, while plenty of Polish cultural insights make for inviting leisure browsing by more than just the cook."--The Midwest Book Review

This popular cookbook by beloved Polish-American...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0781812941
• ISBN13: 9780781812948
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Hippocrene Books
• Length: 337 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A very fine cookbook

This great cookbook not only gives you great recipes, but also some history too. I bought this cookbook and tried several of the recipes which are close to those made by my Babcia and Pra Babcia. When my parents visited once, I showed them this cookbook and within ten minutes my Father had ordered one for himself. Now, everyone's family does things a little differently & we remember those small nuances. This cookbook will get you on the right track regardless, and all you might need to do is tweak here and there based on your family's traditions. Proud to be Polish.

An excellent resource for Polish food history, tradition, and recipes

"The Polish Country Kitchen Cookbook" is an excellent reaouce for Polish food history, tradition, and recipes. There are many photos,drawings, and illustrated techniques. There are over 100 recipes. While this may sound like a small number of recipes, the illustrations and text detailing the food preparation and the photos and drawings showing finished dishes make this book very helpful in preparing traditional Polish dishes, as they are supposed to be prepared, The author starts with details of the Polish country Kitchen and proceeds to traditions and food preparation for the four seasons, including the various holidays. This book is a wonderful place for Americans of some Polish heritage to get a sampling, a taste, of that heritage. Here are the traditions and foods of the Polish peasants and common laborers, who made up a large portion of the Polish immigrants to America. If you are from a different Slavic heritage than the Polish, this is still a fine book to have because of the illustrations and explanations of cooking techniques that are common to most of the Slavic cultures. Definitely, a five star cookbook.

Recipes for favorite Polish foods

This new Polish cookbook blends recipes for favorite Polish foods with the history and culture which created them, using a seasonal arrangement to explore Polish life and how food traditions evolved. Recipes have been adapted for American kitchens but retain their authentic roots, while plenty of Polish cultural insights make for inviting leisure browsing by more than just the cook.