Polska: New Polish Cooking

I always look for new Polish cookbooks. I feel there are only few good ones out there. This one definey falls in the "I like it a lot" category. There is a bit of historical, geographical and cultural background given to the food and recipes in the book. There is a combination of traditional colorful peasant food and updated, more contemporary dishes. There might be not necessarily familiar ingredients used in some recipes, but they can be easily found in most grocery stores. The recipes are divided into chapters - Breakfast and Bread, Soups, Meat, Vegetables, Beans and Kaska, Dumplings, Party Food, Cakes and Desserts and Cocktails. Added bonus - throughout the book the food is beautifully photographed.
The book made me feel a bit nostalgic, brought back memories of dishes I have forgotten and made me want to cook some Polish food. Highly recommend this book.

This book is absolutely stunning! The author is fantastic at writing and cooking! Photographs are beautiful and the Polish cutting detail across the hardcover is lovely! The book is dense with unique recipes, many which are or can be made vegetarian. You can tell a lot of heart and soul went into this book!

I'm a third generation Polish woman living in America, unfortunately very disconnected from my roots. Looking forward to delving into more of my culture via cuisine and dreaming of someday visiting the land my great-grandparents once left behind like so many other immigrants escaping the war.

Bought another copy for my babcia who lives out of state. Though she does not cook much these days, she is going to love this surprise!

Being Polish I was very pleased with this cook book. It doesn't have old recipes that have been long forgotten in Poland but rather shows the food that Poles eat nowadays and explains how to prepare it with the ingredients that can be found in most US grocery stores. Very good recipes and well written book overall.

I bought this book for my son for his birthday. He is very happy with easy recipes and beautiful pictures.

I gave this book to my father as a gift and he absolutely loved it! There are many great recipes that he can now make from his Polish heritage.

This book is very elegantly put together. Even the covers are intricate and embossed. The color photographs are beautiful and illustrative, and the brief historical introductions are informative. The recipes are clear and easy to follow, and, unlike many Polish cookbooks, the recipes include animals (e.g.,chickens, fish) that are easily obtainable in the modern world (although quail eggs, venison, and wild boar make an appearance here). The soups are very different from those encountered in other European cookbooks. The only problem, and it's a minor one, is that the terminology is British--e.g, "rashers" versus the American "slices of bacon."

I was so excited about this cookbook. I finally broke down and ordered it. Not impressed. Recipes are old. Old is not always bad. But these are old, poorly written, ingredients you will not have in your kitchen pantry. Very boring recipes. I have other Polish, Ukrainian, Russian and German cookbooks that are much better than this. Do not get impressed by the size and number of pages of it. I do not recommend.

Just love this book. It's the sort of cooking I love to do but lack a lot of good recipes. The Poles sure know how to eat well and healthy.

This book could be an ode to my grandmother. These are familiar recipes, updated. Everything I've tried so far has been delicious and uncomplicated. It's a must for anyone eager to create some lovely Polish dishes.

Great recipes in here! Definitely worth a peek. Fresh eating to classic recipes.