The PHC is collecting your favorite recipes for a PHC cookbook! Contact Don Wesolowski at 608/238-7423 or e-mail: wesolowski@matcmadison.edu for more information. In the meantime, please contact us about obtaining the PHC's Polish Recipe Sampler for $1.

Alex Polish American Deli
Madison's Alex Polish American Deli has moved and is now located at 3868 E. Washington Avenue. (608 233-9940) They carry a variety of Polish foods including cold cuts, cheese, sausage, pierogi, and sweets. They also have ready-to-eat bigos and cabbage rolls. And they're always willing to give you samples if you've no idea what you're looking at.
 

Eating Smart in Poland

Eat Smart in Poland was co-authored by PHC member Joan Peterson.

"Eat Smart in Poland is an unusual book not only about food but about how food was entangled with Polish history, culture and tradition. The authors, Joan and David Peterson, stress that one cannot learn Polish dishes without knowing Poland. It is much more than just a cookbook, it is not only about the taste of the Polish food but also about taste and flavor of Poland.

It starts with the history of Polish food products and dishes and how they are embarked with the history of Poland. The authors explain how different products found its way to Polish cuisine. They describe how the foreign wives of Polish kings, for instance queen Bona from Italy, or foreign rulers enriched Polish cuisine dramatically. Then they continue with description of the regional and holiday Polish cuisine, which was often influenced by the minorities living in certain regions of Poland, for instance Jews and Ukrainians in the Eastern Poland or Germans on the West."

Medieval Polish Cooking

For anyone who is interested in looking waaaaaay back for traditional Polish recipes, check out this book:

PHC member Skip Benninghouse has made some of the recipes in this book. See how they turned out:

Kurczak Pieczony z Suszonymi Śliwkami and Kluski z Bryndzą (Chicken Baked with Prunes and Cheese Dumplings)