food Archives - Polish Cooking - Zuza Zak https://zuzazak.com/tag/food/ Author of bestselling cookbooks shares recipes and stories Mon, 29 Jan 2018 10:15:39 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 My book: “Polska” https://zuzazak.com/2016/05/my-book-polska/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-book-polska Tue, 31 May 2016 16:00:12 +0000 http://zuzazak.com/?p=478 It is the way of life to always take you by surprise. For many years I felt like I was writing “Polska” only for myself. Then finally it all happened at once – the dreamt-of book deal… and the pregnancy. Two babies had decided to...

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]]> My top 3 Polish vegetarian recipes https://zuzazak.com/2016/05/my-top-5-polish-vegetarian-recipes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-top-5-polish-vegetarian-recipes https://zuzazak.com/2016/05/my-top-5-polish-vegetarian-recipes/#comments Mon, 30 May 2016 18:49:22 +0000 http://zuzazak.com/?p=454 Polish is not the first cuisine that comes to mind when you utter the word “vegetarian”, and yet there are many recipes that are either vegetarian or lend themselves particularly well to being meat-free. Poland, being a Catholic country, has many “fasting” days. In days...

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]]> https://zuzazak.com/2016/05/my-top-5-polish-vegetarian-recipes/feed/ 4 Massive mushrooms stuffed with sundried tomato, pine nuts, basil and cheese https://zuzazak.com/2016/05/massive-mushrooms-stuffed-with-sundried-tomato-pine-nuts-basil-and-cheese/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=massive-mushrooms-stuffed-with-sundried-tomato-pine-nuts-basil-and-cheese Sat, 28 May 2016 15:49:00 +0000 As the climate becomes more Mediterranean so should our diets! I don’t mean to trivialise climate change, it’s just that in the UK a slight climate change isn’t such a terrible thing. Weather has never bean our strong point. So far this year it’s been...

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]]> La Bodega Negra, Soho, London https://zuzazak.com/2014/09/la-bodega-negra-soho-london/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=la-bodega-negra-soho-london Tue, 09 Sep 2014 21:04:00 +0000 http://zuzazak.com/2014/09/la-bodega-negra-soho-london/ Life changes suddenly. Just a month ago I was waking up some time before midday, working at a lazy pace for a couple of hours on whatever I felt like working on and mostly had no idea which day of the week it was. Now...

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]]> Eating Greece https://zuzazak.com/2014/04/eating-greece/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eating-greece https://zuzazak.com/2014/04/eating-greece/#comments Fri, 25 Apr 2014 11:25:00 +0000 http://zuzazak.com/2014/04/eating-greece/ I’m in Greece doing non-specific, food-related research. That may sound like I’m just on holiday and eating a lot… which is partly true… But I’m also collecting recipes, which I will cook and tell you about when back home.  

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]]> https://zuzazak.com/2014/04/eating-greece/feed/ 3 “Dobra Kasza Nasza” in Zakopane https://zuzazak.com/2013/12/dobra-kasza-nasza-in-zakopane/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dobra-kasza-nasza-in-zakopane https://zuzazak.com/2013/12/dobra-kasza-nasza-in-zakopane/#comments Sun, 29 Dec 2013 21:55:00 +0000 http://zuzazak.com/2013/12/dobra-kasza-nasza-in-zakopane/ Kasha (“kasza” in Polish), or grains, are such a common food stuff here that actually we have sayings about them. For example, a person may be described as someone who “doesn’t let anyone blow on their kasha”, meaning that they don’t let anyone boss them...

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