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    PolishFest Book Fair Announces 2020 Author Line-up
    Anntonette Z Alberti
    • Feb 9, 2020
    • 4 min

    PolishFest Book Fair Announces 2020 Author Line-up

    Every year the Latham, NY PolishFest showcases novels, memoirs, non-fiction, poetry and cookbooks that celebrate Polish, Polish-American...
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    Mushroom and Wild Rice Gołabki
    Anntonette Z Alberti
    • Dec 23, 2019
    • 2 min

    Mushroom and Wild Rice Gołabki

    Here is an ideal recipe for Wigilia -- and a nice Polish treat for vegetarians and people who cannot eat gluten! Cabbage Stuffed with...
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    DIY Fruit Nalewki (Aged Polish Fruit Infused Liqueurs)
    Anntonette Z Alberti
    • Jul 28, 2019
    • 4 min

    DIY Fruit Nalewki (Aged Polish Fruit Infused Liqueurs)

    One of our more popular food demos at PolishFest 2019 was our Nalewki (nah-lef-key) demonstration. Nalewki is the plural word for aged...
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    Announcing PolishFestNY Book Club's 2019 Featured Selection!
    Anntonette Z Alberti
    • Feb 24, 2019
    • 2 min

    Announcing PolishFestNY Book Club's 2019 Featured Selection!

    We are proud to announce that the award winning A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True , by Brigid Pasulka, is the featured selection...
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    Uprising Shuffling off to Buffalo and Glens Falls, NY
    Anntonette Z Alberti
    • Sep 25, 2018
    • 3 min

    Uprising Shuffling off to Buffalo and Glens Falls, NY

    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...
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    Savory Beet and Cheddar Crumble
    Anntonette Z Alberti
    • Sep 8, 2018
    • 2 min

    Savory Beet and Cheddar Crumble

    It is late summer and the bounty from my brother's organic farm includes beautiful, garnet colored beets! In my family we typically make...
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    Stella Z's Polish-American Potato Salad
    Anntonette Z Alberti
    • Jul 4, 2018
    • 2 min

    Stella Z's Polish-American Potato Salad

    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...
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    Salatka (Polish Vegetable Salad)
    Anntonette Z Alberti
    • Jun 24, 2018
    • 3 min

    Salatka (Polish Vegetable Salad)

    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...
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    The Wooden Trunk We Carried with Us from Germany, by John Guzlowski
    Anntonette Z Alberti
    • May 10, 2018
    • 7 min

    The Wooden Trunk We Carried with Us from Germany, by John Guzlowski

    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...
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    How I Embraced The Strength (and Grace) of My Polish Grandmother by Greg Archer
    Anntonette Z Alberti
    • May 9, 2018
    • 4 min

    How I Embraced The Strength (and Grace) of My Polish Grandmother by Greg Archer

    Growing up in Chicago, I always knew that my maternal Polish grandmother, Jadwiga Wilk Migut, was a very strong woman. She died before I...
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    A Guide to the Beers of PolishFest
    Anntonette Z Alberti
    • May 5, 2018
    • 3 min

    A Guide to the Beers of PolishFest

    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...
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    Meet our Grandfathers, a Guest Blog by Karen Bjornland
    Anntonette Z Alberti
    • May 3, 2018
    • 3 min

    Meet our Grandfathers, a Guest Blog by Karen Bjornland

    Originally published in The Daily Gazette, The (Schenectady, NY) - June 19, 2011 From Poland to Buffalo If you ever travel to Poland,...
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    Meeting my Great-Grandmother All Over Again by William Kowalski
    Anntonette Z Alberti
    • Apr 28, 2018
    • 6 min

    Meeting my Great-Grandmother All Over Again by William Kowalski

    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...
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    Blessed by the Blessing of Easter Baskets
    Anntonette Z Alberti
    • Mar 25, 2018
    • 3 min

    Blessed by the Blessing of Easter Baskets

    Growing up a typically American kid, I expected the Easter Bunny to leave me an Easter basket full of chocolates and jelly beans on...
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    Babe's Potato Pancakes
    Anntonette Z Alberti
    • Mar 17, 2018
    • 2 min

    Babe's Potato Pancakes

    If you ask my father what dish his mother, Władysława Szypulska Zembrzuska, made best, he will say “Potato Pancakes!” If you ask him his...
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    Polish Easter Fragrances
    ggu2020
    • Mar 17, 2018
    • 2 min

    Polish Easter Fragrances

    A Guest Blog by Laura and Peter Zeranski Laura and Peter Zeranski are co-authors of the globally acclaimed heritage Polish cookbooks:...
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    Fresh Kielbasa and Apple Pierogi Normandy: Polish Delicacies with a French Kiss
    Anntonette Z Alberti
    • Mar 10, 2018
    • 2 min

    Fresh Kielbasa and Apple Pierogi Normandy: Polish Delicacies with a French Kiss

    It is undeniable that magic happens when you take something solidly Polish and surround it with something French. For example, Chopin....
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    Stella Z's Perfect Gołąbki Recipe
    Anntonette Z Alberti
    • Mar 10, 2018
    • 2 min

    Stella Z's Perfect Gołąbki Recipe

    #Gołąbki [go-whoomp-ki], is a star of the PolishFest menu! It is a main dish consisting of seasoned meat, rice and vegetables lovingly...
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    Are YOU too cool for Polka?
    ggu2020
    • Mar 10, 2018
    • 3 min

    Are YOU too cool for Polka?

    By Anntonette Zembrzuski Alberti Although #polka music has a huge, loyal following, people who haven’t been converted often see it as...
    358 views0 comments
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