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"An encyclopedia of Polish cookery and a wonderful thing to have!" -Julia Child

Polish Holiday Cookery and Customs acquaints readers with traditional Polish foods associated with various occasions and furnished countless cooking tips and serving suggestions. The clearly written recipes facilitate the preparation of the dishes and their incorporation in the Polish-American mainstream culture.
Calendar of Polish Festivities is devoted to those holidays and events connected to a specific time of year. Polish Rites of Passage focuses on life's milestones - the family occasions that take place at various times of year.
This "instruction manual for the culturally aware Polish American" offers more than 400 recipes, along with a lexicon of basic foods and culinary concepts, ingredients and procedures, and sample menus.

About the author:

Robert Strybel - received a master's degree in Polish studies from the university of Wisconsin. He spent more than three decades in Warsaw, Poland as correspondent for the Polish-American press and worked for Reuters News Agency. With his Polish-born wife Maria., he co-authored Polished Heritage Cookery, believed to be the largest Polish cookbook (rich of some 2,000 recipes) published in English.