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Discover the vast and varied Polish baking tradition, old and new, Jewish and diasporic, in this authoritative collection of 120+ recipes from James Beard Award finalist Laurel Kratochvila.
Poland’s distinctive baking culture is a product of its rich and complicated history, from the World Wars to the rise of Communism to the cultural exchange that inevitably happens to a country with seven neighbors and endless migration. Step into the Polish piekarnia (bakery) and be greeted by an abundance of tiny cookies and rugelach, decorative layer cakes and cheesecakes, sweet yeast buns and danishes, and hearty rye breads and sourdough loaves.
In this repertoire-expanding baking book, American-born, Berlin-based baker and 2023 James Beard Award finalist Laurel Kratochvila brings you more than 120 familiar and inventive treasures—innovative recipes of her own and from pioneering Polish bakers, including:
- Horseradish, Beet, and Summer Greens Bialys
- Sunflower Rye Loaf
- Plum Butter Carnival Donuts Â
- Rano Piekarnia’s Summer Bilberry Buns
- Chocolate and Whipped Cream Warsaw Cake
- Karpatka (Cream and Choux Cake)
- Soft Iced Toruń Gingerbread
- Rose and Almond Jewel Rugelach
- Twisted Krakow Bagels
- Sauerkraut and Mushroom Rolls
- And much more.
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Discover the vast and varied Polish baking tradition, old and new, Jewish and diasporic, in this authoritative collection of 120+ recipes from James Beard Award finalist Laurel Kratochvila.
Poland’s distinctive baking culture is a product of its rich and complicated history, from the World Wars to the rise of Communism to the cultural exchange that inevitably happens to a country with seven neighbors and endless migration. Step into the Polish piekarnia (bakery) and be greeted by an abundance of tiny cookies and rugelach, decorative layer cakes and cheesecakes, sweet yeast buns and danishes, and hearty rye breads and sourdough loaves.
In this repertoire-expanding baking book, American-born, Berlin-based baker and 2023 James Beard Award finalist Laurel Kratochvila brings you more than 120 familiar and inventive treasures—innovative recipes of her own and from pioneering Polish bakers, including:
- Horseradish, Beet, and Summer Greens Bialys
- Sunflower Rye Loaf
- Plum Butter Carnival Donuts Â
- Rano Piekarnia’s Summer Bilberry Buns
- Chocolate and Whipped Cream Warsaw Cake
- Karpatka (Cream and Choux Cake)
- Soft Iced Toruń Gingerbread
- Rose and Almond Jewel Rugelach
- Twisted Krakow Bagels
- Sauerkraut and Mushroom Rolls
- And much more.
