In the Anthracite Coal Region of Northeast Pennsylvania, we enjoy a potato sausage known to many of us as Kishki. Kishki is not to be […]
Eastern European
Halupki (Cabbage Rolls)
For many of us in the Coal Region, halupki — cabbage rolls — are at the top of our comfort food list. They evoke fond […]
Hungarian Strapachka (aka Slovak Bryndzove Halusky)
My introduction to this lovely dish came quite recently. In Johnstown (PA) one of the great summer events held annually is the Cambria City Ethnic […]
Royal Mazurek (Polish Easter Cake)
Mazurek, also known as mazurka, is a flat Polish cake made with a shortbread style dough and topped with any combination of almond paste, preserves, […]
Lithuanian Kugelis (Potato Pudding)
Large numbers of Lithuanians first came to the United States in 1867-1868 after a famine in Lithuania, at that time a part of the Russian […]
Traditional Ukrainian Babka
Babka is a sweet, leavened bread created from a rich dough made for Easter Sunday throughout Slavic cuisines including Ukrainian and Polish. Traditionally the practice of […]