The Polish Country Kitchen Cookbook [Hardcover]

Sophie Hodorowicz Knab (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 2001

From top-selling author Sophie Hodorowicz Knab comes a new book that combines recipes for favourite Polish foods with the history and cultural traditions that created them. Arranged according to the cycle of seasons, this cookbook explores life in the Polish countryside through the year, with recipes for potato dishes in fall when they are freshest, cucumber specialties in summer when they are plentiful, and buckwheat groats in winter when other staples are not available. Included are over 100 easy-to-follow recipes such as Potato Pancakes with Chives, Apple Fritters, White Barszcz, and Cucumber Soup. Lovely woodcut illustrations and pearls of practical wisdom from the old Polish kitchen will delight readers.

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"This new title goes a long way to introducing us to an unknown food culture..." -- Garavi Gujarat, May 2002.

About the Author

Sophie Hodorowicz Knab

Product Details

• Hardcover: 200 pages
• Publisher: Hippocrene Books (November 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0781808820
• ISBN-13: 978-0781808828
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,321,545 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #42 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Regional & International > European > Polish
  • #82 in Books > Travel > Europe > Poland

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25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Recipes for favorite Polish foods, April 11, 2002

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Polish Country Kitchen Cookbook (Hardcover)

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.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent resource for Polish food history, tradition, and recipes, December 21, 2008

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Norman Strojny "retired tech-person" (western desert of Utah) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Polish Country Kitchen Cookbook (Hardcover)

"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.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very fine cookbook, July 15, 2009

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Eric E. Dolecki "Senior Interactive Technologist" (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Polish Country Kitchen Cookbook (Hardcover)

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.