Barbara's Eastern European Food Blog April 2008 Archive

What a dizzying array of new products and old standbys at the 2008 Fancy Food Show in Chicago's McCormick Place. Here's what caught my eye. Hearty Hungarian Lentils Divine -- a ... Read More

The first time I had kohlrabi was in a soup prepared by the late chef Louis Szathmary, acclaimed Hungarian food pundit and owner of the now-defunct Bakery Restaurant in Chicago. What ... Read More

Hungarian Beef Goulash ("Marha Gulyas") is one of those versatile one-pot recipes that can be cooked on the stovetop or in a slow cooker. It takes very little watching and ... Read More

Mother's Day is fast approaching -- the perfect time to try Cream Cheese Pound Cake. While the recipe has been handed down in my Polish family for generations, its origins ... Read More

This is Holy Week for Orthodox Christians, culminating in a feast of spit-roasted lamb on Sunday. If you're lucky to live in an area where barbecued lamb is easy to ... Read More

In a broad sense, Hunter's Stew, or "bigos" in Polish, is a hodgepodge (not to be confused with the Nova Scotian vegetable stew called "hodgepodge"). It's similar to "burgoo," "jambalaya" ... Read More

Your guests will feel like royalty when you offer them this flaky Polish pastry known as "mazurek." It's also known as "mazurka," which is actually a Polish folk dance. It ... Read More

It's that old "you say toh-may-toh, I say toh-mah-toh" kind of thing. "Challah" originated with the Jews in Eastern Europe and, knowing a good thing when they tasted it, other ... Read More

It's tough to come up with something new to wow your guests. Cheese boards, taco dip, chicken wings. They're getting to be real yawners, don't you think? Go ethnic next time ... Read More

It certainly has been dreary in my neck of the woods lately. Dreary days call for comfort food. And Sundays call for dressed-up comfort food. Don't read "difficult" or "time-consuming" ... Read More