Every year the Latham, NY PolishFest showcases novels, memoirs, non-fiction, poetry and cookbooks that celebrate Polish, Polish-American and Slavic culture. ...

Here is an ideal recipe for Wigilia -- and a nice Polish treat for vegetarians and people who cannot eat gluten! Cabbage Stuffed with Mushrooms and Wild Rice...

One of our more popular food demos at PolishFest 2019 was our Nalewki (nah-lef-key) demonstration. Nalewki is the plural word for aged Polish infused liqueur...

We are proud to announce that the award winning A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True , by Brigid Pasulka, is the featured selection for PolishFestNY 20...

It is rare to find a play written, directed, produced and acted by teens. It is even more rare for such a play to go on tour. For audiences who saw the debut...

It is late summer and the bounty from my brother's organic farm includes beautiful, garnet colored beets! In my family we typically make a Ukrainian-style ch...

On the 4th of July it only makes sense to publish a more "American-style" recipe. My late mother, Stella Peplowski Zembrzuski, had a few signature dishes she...

The goal of this salad, which is very popular in Poland, is to taste a little of each ingredient in every bite. Each component of the salad should be diced ...

When my family, my parents, my sister and I, finally left Germany in 1951, we were allowed to bring very little, only what would fit into a steamer trunk. Th...

Growing up in Chicago, I always knew that my maternal Polish grandmother, Jadwiga Wilk Migut, was a very strong woman. She died before I was born in the 1960...

Latham, NY’s PolishFest is the perfect place to sample some of Poland’s most popular beers. Use the following guide to plan and remember to drink responsibly...

Originally published in The Daily Gazette, The (Schenectady, NY) - June 19, 2011 From Poland to Buffalo If you ever travel to Poland, there's a good chance y...

Writing a book is always hard. It gets harder the deeper you dig for your material, because that's where the secrets are buried, where the painful things liv...

Growing up a typically American kid, I expected the Easter Bunny to leave me an Easter basket full of chocolates and jelly beans on Easter morning. However, ...

If you ask my father what dish his mother, Władysława Szypulska Zembrzuska, made best, he will say “Potato Pancakes!” If you ask him his favorite meal of my ...

A Guest Blog by Laura and Peter Zeranski Laura and Peter Zeranski are co-authors of the globally acclaimed heritage Polish cookbooks: Polish Classic Recipes ...

It is undeniable that magic happens when you take something solidly Polish and surround it with something French. For example, Chopin. Maybe you will taste t...

#Gołąbki [go-whoomp-ki], is a star of the PolishFest menu! It is a main dish consisting of seasoned meat, rice and vegetables lovingly wrapped in a cabbage l...

By Anntonette Zembrzuski Alberti Although #polka music has a huge, loyal following, people who haven’t been converted often see it as old-fashioned and assoc...