The Best Polish Cooking Books of All Time

This is 25th edition since first published in 1948. Book has been rescanned, edited and modified to modern language. While recipes were left intact we verified ingredients, weights and then created new, easily readable layout. Enjoy this new book as much as previous three generations did. Treasured Polish Recipes for Americans has been a favorite of cooks and diners who savor and appreciate authentic Polish cuisine. Treasured Polish Recipes for Americans preserves the integrity and unique qualities of delicious Polish cooking while making it accessible to anyone, even those with no experience preparing Eastern European food.

Craving traditional Polish Kielbasa or Kapusta Swieza na Kwasno (sweet sour cabbage), or how about Kapusta Czarwona (red cabbage), Sledzie Marynowane (pickled herring), Czarnina (duck soup) with Kluski, or nearly a dozen varieties of Pierogi and Paczki (fried donuts with filling)? Treasured Polish Recipes for Americans includes these recipes and many many more. With almost 480 recipes, every meal and practically every dish is covered, including a multi-course Christmas dinner. More than just a collection of recipes, Treasured Polish Recipes for Americans takes the reader on a tour of Polish culinary customs, dishes, and traditions. It also gives advice on foundational cooking techniques, ingredients, and sauces enabling you to master and improvise your own Polish-style dishes. Accented with Polish folk art, this timeless cookbook offers a charming and satisfying experience for both your stomach and spirit.

This is a fresh new take on Polish cooking from young food writer Zuza Zak. 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. Zuza presents her contemporary take on Polish cuisine, with lavishly photographed recipes for snacks, party foods, soups, preserves, breads, fish, meat and poultry, salads, and desserts. She places Polish food within the context of the country's history and geography, and tracks how it has developed and adapted to Poland's ever-changing political and economic situation. Polska is a breath of fresh air.

Here is a huge assortment of recipes for anyone with a taste for Eastern European delicacies. With easy to follow recipes and full-color photographs, and using readily available ingredients, it offers meat, fish, vegetarian dishes, cakes and desserts, and more! Polish cuisine is hearty and filling, and it is not all meat and potatoes. This truly authentic cookbook makes a fantastic addition to any kitchen. Organized by course, this cookbook features 120 recipes, including beet soup, cucumber salad, potato pancakes, Hunter’s Stew, pork and rice stuffed cabbage leaves, traditional “babka” cake, and of course, pierogies!

With easy-to-follow instructions for simple as well as more intricate dishes, a section on traditional holiday meals, estimated cooking times, and suggestions for healthy ingredient substitutions, this cookbook will teach anyone how to cook delicious Polish food.