Book: Polska – New Polish Cooking

I call myself a “Storyteller Cook”, because everything I do is to do with cooking and telling stories through the medium of food. I want to inspire the world to cook and eat more Polish food.

I have written a cookbook “Polska” – a love letter to the country where I was born – that has been published in the UK, America, Australia, the Netherlands, Germany and Poland.

A Storyteller Cook

Zuza Zak

“Capturing the spirit of the nation”

The Independent

“The antidote to Brexit”

The Food Programme, BBC Radio 4

Featured Blog Posts

Where to eat in the Baltic States - My Top 10

Where to eat in the Baltic States - My Top 10

This was meant to be “my top 5” list but there are so many great places to eat all over the Baltic States right now that it turned into “my top 10”. This list is sort of in order of favourites…

My Top 3 Polish Christmas Recipes

My Top 3 Polish Christmas Recipes

Christmas is my favourite holiday of the year, and it’s not because I was born just a few days before the big day (and my daughter also) on Winter Solstice. Actually, as far as birthdays go, it’s not ideal. It gets hurried…

Spiced Pumpkin Pierogi

Spiced Pumpkin Pierogi

The time has come to reflect and review… this year has been all about home for me… and so many things in my life to be grateful for – my daughter, my family, my home, my friendships…

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FRIED PIEROGI: Sometimes only a plate of #pierogi

FRIED PIEROGI: Sometimes only a plate of #pierogi (boiled, then fried with a bit of onion) will do. I was experimenting with a new filling here- mountain style - with yellow split peas and walnuts #pierogiparty
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#polishdumplings #pierogies #TOHfoodie #polishfood #eataroundtheworld #smacznego

GETTING THINGS DONE: Another proposal done and dus

GETTING THINGS DONE: Another proposal done and dusted. Are you feeling the change of energy in 2021? For me, the shift from one year to the next has felt profound. I feel energised and positive despite what’s going on and life is quietly (and sometimes not so quietly) productive #notgoingout
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#gettingthingsdone #lockdown2021 #foodwriter #writerlife #mylifeinpictures #mumpreneurs

MORE POLSKA DISHES: Time for more gratitude and sh

MORE POLSKA DISHES: Time for more gratitude and shout-outs. There are so many pictures of Polska, I want to mention as many accounts as I can and to take a moment to appreciate the community I’ve found here since publishing my debut cookbook. 📷 by
@littlewildthingsfarm @laurabrehaut @jbdouglas.food @inlovewithcameras but thank you to all of you 🙏🏼
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#polishfood #cookbooks #foodcommunity #communityfirst #bombesquad
#gratitudeattitude #kuchniapolska

POLSKA THANKS YOU: Soon, I will be able to tell yo

POLSKA THANKS YOU: Soon, I will be able to tell you all about my next cookbook (I’m so excited about that), but before I do I wanted to take the opportunity to thank everyone who has been reading and cooking from #polskacookbook over the past few years. Instagram doesn’t tell me when someone tags me anymore (if there’s any way to get round that I’d love to know), so sometimes I don’t see it for a while, but when I do it literally makes my day to see my book being used. 📷 by @lizzysweetkitchen @bethfrombristol @biagioussky and @dottidee - I will share some more soon!
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#cookbooklove #smacznego #cookbookauthor #polishfood #ksiazkikucharskie #bookstagram

KRUPNIK SOUP: This is such a wonderful, nourishing

KRUPNIK SOUP: This is such a wonderful, nourishing soup for wintertime- full of vegetables and barley goodness. You can find the recipe in #polskacookbook where I use pearl barley instead of the traditional #barley groats you see here #soupseason

SLEIGH RIDES AND ZAKUSKI: I wish we had some snow

SLEIGH RIDES AND ZAKUSKI: I wish we had some snow at this time of the year. In my childhood there was a culture of kulig parties, where you would go on big, snowy sleigh rides then warm up with tea and #zakuski - these are some pictures from my childhood to illustrate. Just a little bit of snow would do though, to brighten up this lockdown #childhoodmemories

UNCONVENTIONAL PLACKI: We ran out of traditional c

UNCONVENTIONAL PLACKI: We ran out of traditional cranberry sauce to eat with our #placki , so I improvised and used @nancydurrant pear and apple chutney. A totally inauthentic and completely delicious combo was born #lunchtoday

KWAŚNICA SAUERKRAUT SOUP: The typical Polish #sa

KWAŚNICA SAUERKRAUT SOUP: The typical Polish #sauerkraut soup is kapuśniak, this is less common one from the Polish mountains. It has less meat and more wild mushrooms in it #kwaśnica

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