The Polish pierogi can be called the national dish of Poland. Considered peasant food, it was introduced to the United States during the Great Depression by Polish immigrants. It was introduced to ...

With a last name like Kaminski, you can bet Polish foods are in regular rotation at my house. From kolaches to kruschiki to kielbasa, I’ve made my fair share of Polish treats, but my favorite of all: ...

One of the smells I can most vividly remember from my childhood was that of my grandmother's cooking. She was of Polish heritage and often brought culinary styles from the Central European country ...

It's a story especially suited to Christmas Eve. After all, this is, for Polish-Americans, the night when pierogi reign supreme. We'll get to that in a minute. But first let's back up, to where the ...

Every spring, Bruce McDaniel and his wife, Mary, embark on a 61/2-hour road trip to Hazleton, Pa., with a 6-by-12-foot U-Haul in tow. They load up the trailer with about 500 pounds of seasoned ...

MILTON – It was mid-November and Michele Alexander was rolling out dough for her final batch of Christmas pierogi. Every year, Alexander uses a family recipe to make between 200 and 300 of the classic ...

Somewhere between the giant wooden duck box and the framed colored-pencil portrait of strangers' wedding vows, there’s a plate of pierogi that tastes like a cheeseburger. Not metaphorically, but ...

In Melbourne, where I grew up, my experience of dumplings was limited to the cheap, deep-fried “dimmies” you could buy from the local fish-and-chip shop, the student-on-a-budget special of ...

Pensacola Pierogi owner Katarzyna (Kasia) Vanoverberghe remembers the shriek of excitement she let out when she sold her first $100 worth of pierogis out of the back of her Jeep about a year ago. Now, ...