Here are the winners of the 2012 About.com Eastern European Food Readers' Choice Awards.
It's time for the About.com 2012 Readers' Choice Awards. This is the first year Eastern European Food is participating, and I'm focusing on the eight categories listed below.
You can nominate up to five candidates in each of the eight categories, but you're not required to do so. If you only want to nominate one, that's fine. And you can even nominate your own book, product or store!
Nominations are accepted from Jan. 18 to Feb. 15. Voting will run from Feb. 22 to March 21, and the winners will be announced March 30. There are no prizes -- just bragging rights.
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It's time for the About.com 2012 Readers' Choice Awards. This is the first year Eastern European Food is participating, and I'm focusing on the eight categories listed below.
You can nominate up to five candidates in each of the eight categories, but you're not required to do so. If you only want to nominate one, that's fine. And you can even nominate your own book, product or store!
Nominations are accepted from Jan. 18 to Feb. 15. Voting will run from Feb. 22 to March 21, and the winners will be announced March 30. There are no prizes -- just bragging rights.
Subscribe to my weekly newsletter (if you don't already) or follow me on Twitter and Facebook to be reminded of upcoming deadlines.
1. Nominate Your Favorite Eastern European Cookbook
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The cookbook can be an old, dog-eared one you turn to over and over again for traditional Eastern European recipes, or one that was published recently that puts a modern or healthy spin on the classics. Even if the book is no longer in print, what's important is that it can still be purchased somehow, somewhere.
Nominate now.
Nominate now.
2. Nominate Your Favorite Jewish Cookbook
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The cookbook can be an old dog-eared one you turn to over and over again for traditional Jewish recipes, or one that was published recently that puts a modern or healthy spin on the classics. Even if the book is no longer in print, what's important is that it can still be purchased somehow, somewhere.
Nominate now.
Nominate now.
3. Nominate Your Favorite Eastern European Food Store
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The food store or deli can be online-only or brick-and-mortar with an actual physical address. What's important is that, if you can't make it yourself, you think the Eastern European foods they offer -- meats, pastries, breads, dairy, canned foods and mixes, etc. -- are the next best thing to homemade.
Nominate now.
Nominate now.
4. Nominate Your Favorite Jewish Food Store
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The food store or deli can be online-only or brick-and-mortar with an actual physical address. What's important is that, if you can't make it yourself, you think the Jewish foods they offer -- meats, pastries, breads, dairy, canned foods and mixes, etc. -- are the next best thing to homemade.
Nominate now.
Nominate now.
5. Nominate Your Favorite Eastern European Sausage Brand
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The sausage brand can be from a mom-and-pop store like Piast Meats & Provisions or Bobak's, or from larger manufacturers like George's Brands Meats, Slotkowski's or Eckrich. But these are just suggestions. The sky's the limit when it comes to the brand as long as the sausage is Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian or Ukrainian.
Nominate now.
Nominate now.
6. Nominate Your Favorite Eastern European Pierogi Brand
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Oh, we all know homemade is the best but, in a pinch, which purchased pierogi / dumpling brand do you prefer? This can be from a mom-and-pop store like Alexandra's or from a larger manufacturer like Mrs. T's. But these are just suggestions. The pierogi can be Lithuanian, Polish, Russian, Slovak or Ukrainian style. But if you have a favorite Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech (Chateau brand bread dumplings come to mind), Hungarian, Romanian, Serbian, or Slovenian type of dumpling you buy, that will work, too.
Nominate now.
Nominate now.
7. Nominate Your Favorite Eastern European Rye Bread Brand
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When it comes to rye bread, Eastern Europeans are connoisseurs and homemade ryes don't always measure up to what the professionals can produce. So which purchased rye bread brand do you prefer? It can be from a mom-and-pop store like Racine Bakery or from a larger manufacturer like Rosen's. But these are just suggestions. The rye bread can be any variety of Eastern European or Jewish rye bread -- light, dark, black, marble, seeded, seedless, pumpernickel, etc.
Nominate now.
Nominate now.
8. Nominate Your Favorite Eastern European Kitchen Tool Store
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Some Old World tools are needed to faithfully reproduce grandma's recipes, but they can be hard to find, like poppy seed grinders, walnut-shaped cookie molds, electric potato graters, spaetzle makers, Polish pottery, babka pans and the like. Where is your favorite place to buy these things? It can be an online-only store or brick-and-mortar store with an actual physical address.
Nominate now.
Nominate now.
