The Best of Polish Cooking

A Treasury of Polish Cuisine: Traditional Recipes in Polish & English by Maria de Gorgey. Polish cuisine is noted for its hearty and satisfying offerings, and this charming bilingual cookbook brings the best of Polish cooking to your table! Among the chapters included are Soups and Appetizers, Main Courses, Desserts, and two special holiday chapters–one devoted to "Wigilia," the festive Polish Christmas Eve Dinner, and one to "Wielkanoc," the Polish Easter Luncheon. Each of the 53 recipes is adapted for the North American kitchen. Charming illustrations throughout. Maria de Gorgey is the author of Art of Lithuanian Cooking. 148 pages, Illus. Harcover, 1999. Hippocrene Books, Inc. $11.95

Poland’s Gourmet Cuisine. By Bernard Lussiana and Mary Pininska. Photos by Jaroslaw Madejski. Here is Poland’s cuisine as you’ve never seen it before! Bernard Lussiana, Executive Chef of Warsaw’s celebrated Hotel Bristol, has taken traditional Polish dishes, like pierogi, golabki and flaki, and re-interpreted them in fresh, sophisticated and delicious new ways. Along with stunning, full-color food photographs of every recipe, are captivating photographs of the beautiful Polish countryside, and fragments of some of Poland’s most evocative poetry. The recipes are provided in a step-by-step format and all adapted for the North American kitchen. 143 pages, 9,1/4 x 11,1/4 Color photos. Hardcover. Hippocrene Books, Inc. 1999. $35.00

Polish Heritage Cookery. by Robert and Maria Strybel. "Polish Heritage Cookery is the best [Polish] cookbook printed in English on the market. It's well-organized, informative, interlaced with historical background on Polish foods and eating habits, with easy-to-follow recipes readily prepared in American Kitchens and, above all, it's fun to read." –Polish American Cultural Network.

"An encyclopedia of Polish cookery and a wonderful thing to have!" -- Julia Child, Good Morning America. "If Poland ceased to exist, you could probably re-create its entire cuisine from this book, because it has recipes for everything." Charles Perry, Los Angeles Times. Over 2,200 authentic recipes. Illustrated. 895 pages. Hardcover. $39.95.

Food and Drink in Medieval Poland: Rediscovering a Cuisine of the Past By Maria Dembinska. Magdalena Thomas, Translator. Edited and Adapted by William Woys Weaver This is the first book of its kind in English to explore the fascinating culinary history of medieval Poland. It represents the fruits of a twenty-year collaboration between two distinguished food historians, William Woys Weaver and the late Maria Dembinska. Freely adapted from a pioneering work first published by Dembninska in 1963, this new edition explores the subject of Polish medieval cuisine through archaeology, material culture, and ethnography, along with other perspectives and techniques. Weaver has included thirty-five carefully reconstructed recipes, from courtier’s pottage, a one-pot dinner popular with rich peasants and petty nobles, to game stewed with sauerkraut, to a court dish of baked fruit, to Polish hydromel, an easily made drink favored with honey and fennel. 256 pages, 7 x 10, Cloth University of Pennsylvania Press. 1999. $29.95

The Best of Polish Cooking. Revised Edition. by Karen West. "A charming offering of Polish cuisine with lovely woodcuts throughout." –Publishers Weekly "Ethnic cuisine at its best." –The Midwest Book Review. 219 pages. Paper. $8.95.

Old Polish Traditions in the Kitchen and at the Table. A cookbook and a history of Polish culinary customs. Short essays cover subjects like Polish hospitality, holiday traditions, even the exalted status of the mushroom. The recipes are traditional family fare. 304 pages, Paper $11.95.

Old Warsaw Cookbook. Rysia. Drawing on her Polish childhood, Rysia presents over 850 mouthwatering recipes which can conveniently be prepared in a modern American kitchen. Dishes are arranged by category, with a special section on holiday foods and customs. Throughout the book, piquant anecdotes, and charming line drawings relate Poland's cuisine to its bounteour tradition of hospitality. 300 pages.Paper $12.95

The Art of Polish Cooking. By Alina Zeranska. Contains recipes for all the traditional favorites enjoyed in Poland for more than a thousand years. This edition includes 500 delicious recipes, as well as menus for authentic Polish meals. Special holiday menus are also presented, with charming descriptions of Polish celebrations. Pelican Publishing Co., Gretna, LA. 366 pages. Hardcover. $18.95