Varying Polish traditions call for a Christmas Eve meal of 12 dishes to represent the 12 apostles or 13 dishes to represent the number of peop… Mushroom-Filled Pierogi Yield: 25 to 30 dumplings ...

Recipes excerpted from Polska: New Polish Cooking (Quadrille Publishing, 2016) by Zuza Zak. Article content USZKA – Wild Mushroom and Sauerkraut ‘Little Ears’ ...

As we gear up for Christmas, a mere six days away, holiday food traditions take hold. It’s a time when we dig out the once-a-year recipes — many handwritten — to make and savor for a tight ...

Baltic Kitchen in Littleton was never part of Courtney Maloney's plans, but it was born out of her love for her culture, her community and her desire to feed people.

There is no exaggeration in stating that carp is a culinary symbol of Polish Christmas Eve. On this day, Poles usually eat the fish fried in batter or breadcrumbs, served cold in a jelly, or simmered ...

Ania Ferguson arrived in Melbourne in 1982 after leaving Poland and spending a year as a refugee in Austria. She was 23. An only child, she'd never cooked for herself. "I was too young to know how ...

With a love for Polish foods, something they only get at Christmas, the women in Marlene Fuller’s family made pierogies—dumplings made with a homemade dough recipe and filled with potatoes and ...

The 12-course meal is meatless and includes foods that are both sweet and sour to represent the ups and downs of life, Alexander said. The number 12 represents the 12 apostles.

On a quest to prove that Polish food was more than just dumplings, food writer and cook Zuza Zak came in her own words, full circle, and what materialized was a new book dedicated to the pillows of ...

For Poles, Christmas Eve is one of the most important holidays, and, of course, is mostly just about eating. And Poles take their festive food very seriously. An old tradition has it that a 12-dish ...

Ela lives in Milwaukee with Andy, 75. She will be demonstrating placki ziemniaczane (potato pancakes) at 1 p.m. Saturday. (For information on additional cooking demonstrations, visit polishfest ...