Pleasing Polish Recipes [Spiral-bound]

Nowakowski (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1989

This inexpensive, index card size spiral-bound recipe book features over 100 Polish-American recipes. Makes a great gift or "stocking stuffer" for friends and relatives.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 160 pages
• Publisher: Penfield Pr (August 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0941016633
• ISBN-13: 978-0941016636
• Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 3.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,566,910 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #47 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Regional & International > European > Polish

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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Traditional Polish Recipes, November 19, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Pleasing Polish Recipes (Spiral-bound)

Pleasing Polish Recipes, in the popular recipe-card file size Stocking Stuffer format, is chock-full of the best recipes and notes about Polish food and culture. Edited by Jacek and Malgorzata Nowakowski, this cookbook contains wonderful recipes as well as information on Polish American culture. Featured sections include "Christianity Comes to Poland" and "Polish Americans." Information on Ethnic History, Sites to See and a Polish Table Grace are also included. There are illustrations throughout the book drawn by Alice Wadowski. The cover depicts a photograph of pisanki (decorated eggs) from the collection of Rev. Czeslaw M. Krysa.

Pleasing Polish Recipes contains a wide variety of traditional recipes that are sure to please all your guests. Appetizers such as Deviled Eggs with Mushroom Bits are wonderful at dinner as well as picnics. The Lenten Borscht is great for those cold winter days. Serve it with a Cabbage Salad and a loaf of Graham Bread, and you have a delightful meal! Stuffed Cabbage and Kielbasa is a traditional favorite, and the Pierogis can either accompany a meal or be a meal all by themselves! A Polish Tart for desert is a great way to end any meal!

Pleasing Polish Recipes is excellent for personal collections and as a gift for those interested in Polish cooking and culture.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars How is there a Polish cookbook and no recipe for chrusciki?, December 8, 2007

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This review is from: Pleasing Polish Recipes (Spiral-bound)

I feel bad to give low marks to a spiral cookbook from Penfield Press, but what a waste of money and time this was! I've had success with the Ukrainian, Dutch and Danish cookbooks from Penfield, but this was one big disappointment.

While the history in this book was interesting (as it always is with Penfield's cookbooks), the recipes were not up to par and, amazingly, a recipe for the chrusciki Christmas cookie was noticeably absent from the book.

I read through the entirety of the book, tried a few things, and did not like the end result. I found the instructions for the recipes to be a bit vague as well as some measurements for the ingredients. People learn as they go to play around with recipes a bit, but that's not possible for the novice who wants to follow a recipe to the letter and is simply not experienced enough to do such.

Try another Polish cookbook. - Donna Di Giacomo