For Poles, Golabki needs no introduction. It’s always on Polish tables (especially at Christmas) regardless of which part of the country you’re coming from, and the recipe is always pretty much the same even if they’re being called golumpki quite often. It turns out that in the US Polish cabbage rolls are dominated by the …
Kompot is THE most traditional Polish drink. One can say Polish beer or vodka is the most famous, but I disagree – everyone drinks kompot in Poland and it’s been that way for generations. It’s also made in Russia, Ukraine and across all of Eastern Europe and the Balkans. There are two versions of this …
Polish people tend to eat seasonal things. It’s always been a tradition to wait a whole year for something seasonal since the produce wasn’t imported (avocados, I’m looking at you!). The beginning of the summer is time for fresh fruits like berries or apricots, Summer was perfect was sunflowers (in Poland we never eat sunflowers …