Tag: Polish

Kwas and the race to save culinary history

Kwas is the Polish word for ‘acid’ and the name of a Christmas Eve soup made from sauerkraut & juice, dried mushrooms, and noodles or dumplings. My dad used to make the soup when I was a kid but I…

Going Home

Last February, I was lucky enough with the help of my job and a co-worker to visit Pakoszówka, Poland. This is the small village, with a population just over 900, in south east Poland where my great grandparents emigrated from…

Indian inspired Golomki (Polish Stuffed Cabbage)

One of the other Polish dishes I had regularly growing up was Golomki, which is cabbage leaves stuffed with a mixture of rice and ground beef covered in tomato sauce and baked.  Since I need to eat low-cholesterol, I came…

Kolacky

Being of Polish decent and having hereditary high cholesterol, there are few recipes that I can eat.  This being the holiday season, I had to publish my paternal grandmother’s favorite cookie recipe: Kolacky.  This is not what you seem to…