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 […]
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Holiday Cheese Ball
Growing up in the early 1970’s. my parents and I made an annual pilgrimage “south” a couple weeks before Christmas day, weather permitting. We weren’t […]
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
As winter is upon us and thoughts turn to the holidays, it is inevitable we start thinking of the coming new year and the beloved […]
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 […]
Leniwe Pierogi (Lazy Pierogi)
Welcome to the Coal Region of Pennsylvania. As I might have mentioned a time or two – we LOVE pierogi! We’ll stand in long lines […]