January 1st has come and gone. In many villages, towns, and cities, the curb sides are adorned with once-fresh Christmas trees still dripping with specks […]
Eastern European
Bobalky
A traditional food on the Christmas eve meal table in many Slovak families are little pieces of sweet bread known as bobaľky (bo-ball-kee). Boblaky is often […]
Homemade Sauerkraut
If you find yourself picking up a can, jar, or bag of sauerkraut at the grocery store time after time, you might be surprised at […]
Kluski (Homemade Noodles)
In Polish, kluski is actually the generic term for “noodles” which includes thick, thin, potato-based doughs, and dumplings, so it is redundant to call them […]
Mock Czarnina (Duck Blood Soup – Mock Version)
Czarnina (char-NEE-nah), czernina, and czarna polewka) is a classic Polish Duck Blood Soup. Many Coal Region folks will recognize it from childhood, either having had it, turned away from […]
Coal Region Apple Pie Boilo
Ah, it’s autumn in the Coal Region; Pennsylvania apples and locally made cider are popping up in stores and roadside stands everywhere you go. When […]