polish food
Poland's Tatar Food Is a Dumpling Wonderland
“Tatar food is made up of the whole of Asia. Everywhere where Tatars have been, they’ve absorbed the cuisine.”
Ham- and Egg-Filled Easter Baskets Are a Proud Polish Tradition
“People come with their baskets containing eggs, bread, salt, horseradish, ham. Egg is the main component because it’s the symbol of life.”
These Chefs Are Showing Manchester There's More to Polish Food Than Pierogi
Lukasz Mazurek and Przemek Marcinkowski run Manchester’s only modern restaurant. Platzki serves new takes on Polish classics, including beef fillet tartare and smoked cottage cheese cakes.
Some of Warsaw's Best Candy Is Sold in the Cemetery
In the Polish capital, All Saints’ Day is a time to remember saints, martyrs, and loved ones—and to gorge on delicious sweets known as pańska skórka, sold at makeshift stalls in the city’s cemeteries.
In Search of Poland’s Post-Communist Pizza Baguette
As a kid in Poland, I grew up eating zapiekanki, a loaded cheesy baguette snack popularised by street vendors after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
A Polish Expat’s Guide to Eating Polish Food in London
With an estimated 830,000 Poles living in Britain, London is awash with handmade pierogi, beetroot borsch, and proper Polish wódka. You just have to know where to look.
I Gained 20 Pounds Visiting My Wife's Polish Relatives
When I visited my wife's family in Poland for the first time, I wasn't prepared for the culinary realities of the Eastern European nation. I should have studied more so I could have politely demurred from gluttony. That, or brought along larger pants.
Paczki Day Is a Celebration of Fried Dough and Booze
Paczki is Poland’s richer cousin of the jelly donut, eaten on Fat Tuesday and always with copious amounts of beer. In the Michigan town of Hamtramck, some shadier characters even head to the bar bathrooms to powder up a cocaine paczki.
Polish Summer Food Goes Way Beyond Cabbage and Potatoes
Poland isn't a dungeon of meat and starch, but a wonderland of strawberries, seafood, and locally sourced, seasonal produce. You've just got to know where—and when—to look.
How to Drink Vodka Like the Polish
How is it that Polish people are seemingly able to drink liters of vodka in a single sitting, and yet it never comes back to bite them in the ass the next morning? In a word: experience.
Being in a Band Sucks, but Krill Does It Anyway
"Touring is the most boring time of my life. When we go away on tour, we just drive and wait and then play for 30 minutes and then we're done."