With more than 150 splendid photographs, headnotes that illuminate Poland's vibrant food culture, and more than 90 recipes for classic and contemporary Polish food, this unique and fascinating cookbook brings an ignored cuisine to light. Pulitzer Prize-winner Anne Applebaum has lived in Poland since before the fall of communism, and this cookbook - nourished by her engagement with the culture and food of her adopted country - offers a tantalizing look into the turbulent historyof this beautiful region. 'In a Polish Country House Kitchen' celebrates long-distance friendships with a love of food at the core, bringing the good, sustaining foods of Anne's Polish country home into kitchens the world over.
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" This is Polish food for the modern palate: All of the flavors you would expect - sour pickles, tart beetroot, flavoursome game, bittersweet poppyseed - but lighter, fresher, and easier than ever before." -Nigella Lawson
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Anne Applebaum is the author of four books, including 'Gulag: A History' , which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2004. She is a columnist for the 'Washington Post' and Slate.com, and director of Political Studies at the Legatum Institute in London. She lives in Poland, Washington, D.C., and London. Danielle Crittenden blogs for the Huffington Post and her articles and essays have appeared in publications as wide-ranging as the 'Wall Street Journal' and 'Ladies' Home Journal' . The author of three books, she lives in Washington, D.C. Bogdan and Dorota Bialy are food photographers in Poland.
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I absolutely love it!
Dec 1 2012
By AA_Doctor
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This book is simply amazing. I am Polish but have been living around the world for the past 6 years. Somehow I learned how to cook all types of food but Polish - once I opened this book I got very nostalgic and got tears in my eyes... Photographs are so beautiful and 'so Polish'. Recipes are very Polish and pretty much the same to what my mum actually cooks in Poland. I love that they were adapted to American market so I can try them while living here.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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A beautiful book
Jan 2 2013
By Barbara Wierzbianski
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This is a lovely presentation of Polish cooking and a surprise because one associates Anne Applebaum with such serious subjects as the Gulag and the Iron Curtain. The illustrations are beautiful, the recipes authentic yet easy to produce in an American kitchen. There is an excellent introduction and stories accompany many of the recipes providing the reader with interesting insights into a little known culinary tradition.
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Pretty Good
Dec 30 2012
By Pommes
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Two local Washington DC political writers and home cooks, with ties to Poland and Eastern Europe, put together ninety recipes of classic Polish cuisine for the modern kitchen. All the usual suspects have been rounded up: lots of cabbage, beets, veggie soups and salads; a nice collection of braised and potted chicken, pork, wild boar and venison dishes; an enticing chapter on Pierogi (Polish dumplings)and fillers; and desserts including five infused vodka recipes. All well edited with great photos on fine paper.
It's pretty good! It might even make the James Beard Foundation contender list for regional cookbook award.
It's pretty good! It might even make the James Beard Foundation contender list for regional cookbook award.
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