My memories of my Nana in the kitchen often revolve around the foods she cooked that my parents, Pappy, and I favored, like chow chow […]
Holidays
Cook Along With A Coalcracker In The Kitchen – Halupki (Stuffed Cabbage Rolls)
Welcome to “Cook Along With A Coalcracker In The Kitchen”. These posts will help guide you through making some of The Coal Region’s favorite comfort […]
Nana’s Creamy Succotash
As far back as I can remember, I loved lima beans; large or small, fresh, frozen, canned, or dried. A real treat to me, frozen […]
Coal Region Kishki (aka Potato Sausage)
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]