Weekends in the Kitchen and Beyond
I have been to quite a number of Polish festivals and other events in the United States over the years and there is one dish that is consistently served to guests: pierogi. Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines pierogi as: “a case of dough filled with a typically savory filling (as of meat, cheese, or vegetables) and cooked […]
Farmer’s cheese, or “pot cheese,” is a staple in the Polish kitchen, not to mention the kitchen of other cultures, like German, Russian, and Ukrainian. A common fresh cheese sold in American supermarkets that comes close to it in terms of being a staple in the dairy aisle is cottage cheese. But it is definitely […]
Yes, it’s another plum recipe. So far, I’ve posted two recipes for plum cake (German Plum Cake and Polish Plum Cake), one recipe for yeasted Polish plum pastry, and one recipe for a type of shortcrust Polish pastry (“półkruche ciasto”). This time, the recipe is for a different type of shortcrust Polish pastry (“kruche ciasto“). The […]
This summer seemed to go by so quickly. Being stuck at home for months, the days blurred together. Big vacation plans were out the window this year. Our trip last summer was the polar opposite, so I began to reminisce and go through photos from our trip. We traveled to Warsaw, Poland to visit my […]
I thought it was high time to share some of my son’s photographs of our backyard wildlife. Alas, our resident foxes must have moved because we rarely see them anymore. We have experienced an uptick in snakes–even copperheads–but we haven’t caught those scary creatures on film yet. However, we can always count on the neighborhood […]