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It's My Pierogi-tive

“A chronicle of my adventures in Poland”

Category Archives: Cooking

22 November, 2011 Baking with Polish Supplies

One thing that I noticed when I first moved here was that baking supplies are totally different. Now, for most people, this might not be a big issue, but I’m a bit of a baking fanatic, and for me, this was very upsetting. Suddenly, many of my trusty recipes were turning out slightly wrong. This [...]

26 June, 2011 Layer Cake

In general, I haven’t done as much baking in Krakow as I used to in New York (I don’t have my Russian class as a ready-made audience anymore, and certain ingredients can be hard to find here). However, for my friend BB’s birthday, I promised her a cake of her choosing. Well, her birthday was [...]

18 October, 2010 Poland Loves Mushrooms (and So Do I)

Mushrooms are a big deal over here. In the US, most supermarkets sell maybe white or Cremini mushrooms, pre-packaged and, all too frequently, pre-sliced. I think that would be tantamount to sacrilege in Poland. Here, the markets are filled with giant baskets of fresh mushrooms in overwhelming variety (the only thing I have ever seen [...]

17 July, 2010 Recipes: Tighten Your Barszcz Belt!

I love beets in all forms – soups, salads, sandwiches, or even just straight up, raw. “Barszcz” is the Polish spelling of the popular Eastern European soup more commonly spelled “borscht” in English. There are as many different types of borscht as there are regions where it is prepared, but it all Eastern European cultures [...]