About this deal
Showcased alongside beautiful photography and with titles given in both Polish and English, recipes range from cucumber salad and beet soup to pork cutlets and potato pancakes. The cover design is by the noted Polish Folk Artist Marya Werten. Organized by course, the offerings range from appetizers and salads to sides and sweets, featuring the most iconic and national of dishes––Hunter’s Stew and Barszcz––alongside simple peasant fare and a handful of desserts, including honey cake, poppy seed rolls, and chocolate mazurka. The food of Poland has long been overlooked, but the time is right for a reinvention, with an estimated 10 million people of Polish descent living in the US. Polish Classic Recipes provides a cross section of memorable and authentic dishes. No traditional Polish feast is complete without a sweet ending. Polska is a breath of fresh air.
Reviews
Halina Dauzat
Few pictures from the book of some very recognisable polish dishes: Dumplings, Beef strogonov, Golombpki and apple cake (szarlotka). The book is quite small, a little smaller than A5 copybook, but thicker. She's Polish but has lived abroad most of her life so the only time she gets to eat polish food is when she is at her Mom's house.
Andrew's Review Corner
If you want to learn to cook Polish food including soups, salads and main courses, this is the book for you. Though they are minor mistakes, probably typos, the editor should have spotted them easily. However, the names of two dishes are mispelled ("befsrtoganof" should be "stroganow" and "cieleçe" should be "cielęce"). Includes pictures for most of the recipes so you get a fair idea of what you're making and how it should look like.
YUM! Aside from that, the formatting leaves a bit to be desired but the recipes are solid and I am glad I purchased this cookbook.
Authentic recipes that remind me of my mother and grandmother's cooking! Got this as a little gift for my fiance. I've had a browse through the book and saw sooooo many different receipies for all the Polish favourites, including Golombpki (some polish person will butcher me for that spelling), Pierogi and many many more.
Her polish food knowledge is sadly limited.