Polish Mystery Box from Poland

As a Canadian of Polish descent, my Babcia also was the one that taught us Polish. Since her passing, most of the recipes she taught my aunts are lost. Your cookbooks are a treasure chest for many who yearn to have those recipes back. Thank you and hope to visit Poland one day to experience my heritage.

Thank you so much. It is so hard to find "authentic" Polish recipes like my grandmother used to make, and unfortunately when she passed, she took her recipes with her. she did everything just by cooking. She had no written recipies.....So I was so happy to find your group! Thank you again.

Oh thank you Karolina. I really appreciate it. Have a great weekend! And by the way, I love your cookbooks. Every time I try one of your recipes, it reminds me of my mom. She always cooked Polish food for our family but from her memory. Consequently she did not leave me any written recipes. Now when I try your recipes I produce meals that are so similar to her. Thank you from us.

Hello Karolina, Unfortunately my Matka and Babcia never taught us the language...specially how to write the language. I want to thank you for my cookbooks that arrived today. I cannot wait to share with my brother and my cousin. All three of us love Polish food and at least recognize the names of dishes. LOL. Thank you again. I wish you and yours the best.

I found your blog less than a year ago. My grandparents didn't write down many recipes, so I'm excited to try them. I'm lucky I live in a city that has two authentic Polish markets and one restaurant. It will be nice to cook more Polish food at home.

Polish Foodies recipes are amazing and so accurate, the long lost recipes that weren't handed down you can find here. So good, try the Perogi recipe, it doesn't disappoint.

Thank you for setting up this website! I appreciate all of your hard work. You are such a wonderful connection to my Polish roots.You are doing so much good in the world. My heart aches for my deceased mom and grandma (Polish). I don't get to spend time with them now, but you have provided me with an outlet to practice my Polish heritage. I thank you from the bottom of my heart. I love the fellowship that you have provided through your site. Also, my priest is Polish and with your recipes, I am able to give authentic Polish food to him! Hugs to you Karolina. Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year to you.

This website has helped me in staying connected with my roots though cooking thank you Karolina

Karolina, I must say, I think what you are doing is fantastic. While I know I'm not 100% polish, I grew up with a very polish grandfather who also spoke fluent polish. I learned a few words, but they were the not so nice ones, lol. Every holiday we had a huge spread of all the traditional favorites. Everything from perogies to kielbasa. My husband's family is Italian, and he had tried and didn't care for either of those until he came to a Christmas dinner with my family. My grandmother made 5 different perogie fillings along with her kielbasa and sour krout with apples. He doesn't like sour krout, but I couldn't keep him out of it. I don't like it by itself, but if my grandmother makes it with the kielbasa and apples, and it cooks in the crock pot all day, YUM! I love reading your emails, I will be looking forward to 🍩 Day!My aunt and I get together or video chat and celebrate both dates! (Gives us a good excuse to splurge on the sweets!) Thank you again,

I am an American and my mom was Polish. Her mother became ill when my mom was 10 some missed her formative years of being with her mom in the kitchen. For some reason her cousins Margaret and Deloris suffered the same fate so none of my family matriarchal chain knew much about cooking. They would talk about their babcia's cooking and the food they keen as children, but they purchased it from local grocers. It was important to me that our daughter know her family history and food so your blog and pinterest site have meant the world to me. Now if I could just find the recipe for the roast pork served at all our family weddings!Thank you

Dear Karolina,I read your recipes quite often but I remember many that have been passed on to me by my mother. She was not the best cook since we were taken to Germany as slave laborers and my parents had to work for a German farmer. We come from Wolyn, Poland and when I was six years old, we were taken to Germany. We experienced hunger and cold. My parents were forced to work on a German farm where my father died of overwork. My mother became a widow with 4 children in a strange country and strange language. We were liberated in 1945 and my mother remarried. In 1949. When I was 12 years old, we were able to immigrate to the United States. We grew and worked hard and prospered. During World War 2, there was very little food available but mother remembered all the wonderful recipes that she had learned from her mother when she was a young woman. So pierogi, nalesniki, placki kartoflane were one of her favorites and this knowledge was passed on to me and my sisters when we were young women. To this day, we cook our wonderful Polish food. and observe Wigilia at Christmas time as well as Lent during Easter. So this is my story and I just wanted to share it with you dear Karolino.I enjoy making your recipes as they may be a bit different from the ones that I have made.

Hello Karolina, I enjoy the contents of your communications. I was born in Chicago on the south side in 1949. I am Lithuanian on my Father's side and Sicilian on my Mother's side. Our families were great cooks. My Father made perogies and other Polish delicacies, so very delicious. There was a Polish Restaurant on the Indiana border called Warsaws, they had the best smorgasbords. I read recently where they have now closed after a run of over 50 years. What I miss about those times is how food was a community glue. We had many Polish friends and the nationalities all blended well. Sharing recipes and meals which took us all back to our origins; how I miss those times. Now I am in Phoenix area and try to enjoy a Polish meal as often as I can. Your love of your culture shows, don't think you are not making a difference. We not only hunger for the food but the memories which you have awakened. Thank you

Recipes on Polish Foodie’s has brought back priceless cherished childhood memories of Polish foods like my mother and Cioci made! I love these Polish websites!

Your Polish Foodies Cookbook (paperback) was a big hit with my sisters. I gave up my copy to my sister-in-law, so I would like to purchase one more copy for myself. How would I do that?

While I haven't yet purchased any of your cookbooks, I am glad to know that there exists a community of Poles that are just as interested in keeping all of these traditions alive. My grandmother on my father's side was the first of our family to come to America. While I didn't understand everything that was going on at the time, I do miss the celebrations around the meal table. My father carried on the tradition as best he could and the torch has been passed on to me. Our family didn't have an extensive menu of authentic dishes, but I'm learning with the help of my wife what's out there. Humble ingredients prepared with love produce fantastic flavors and wonderful results. Keep up the good work, I enjoy everything I read!

Received my traditional recipes book today and it’s wonderful. Half of the recipes are very similar to my mother’s cooking and the other half I have not tried. My mother immigrated to Canada after the Second World War and so I think her experience of Polish cuisine was arrested in 1942 when the Germans took her to Czechoslovakia for slave labour. It seems to me that Polish Cuisine continued to evolve to what it is today and I very much look forward to try those recipes that I am unfamiliar with. Thank you to you both for creating such a beautiful book.

I like Polish cuisine because it reminds me of my childhood in Chicago I love sweet farmers cheese pierogi and nalesniki, they are comfort foods I like Polish food is best because it keeps me connected with my ancestryIf I were to recommend this blog, I would let people know of the frequent communication via email along with a great recipesI appreciate this website/blog is available since I am connected to very few Polish resources. The Polish club I belong to in Green Bay Wisconsin has not met in person for over two years.Thank you