Table of Contents
Acknowledgements vii
Introduction xiii
The Country Kitchen 1
Early Polish Cookbooks 3
Early Cooking Methods 12
The Stove 16
Changing Times 21
Pottery 28
The Pantry 31
Kitchen Garden 43
Fall 45
Putting up for Winter 47
Granaries and Root Cellars 49
Vegetable Soups 57
The All-Important Potato 59
Mushrooms 64
Oink! Oink! 71
Cabbage 79
Winter 105
Wigilia 111
The Twelve Days of Christmas 128
Recipe For What Ails You 137
Carnival and Fat Tuesday 140
Ash Wednesday and Lent 155
Spring 159
Easter 161
Holy Week 161
SUMMER 205
Preharvest Time 207
Summertime 210
Milk and Barnyard Products 215
Cold Summer Soups 227
Making Cheese 229
Bringing in the Sheaves 235
Summer Vegetables 282
Feasts & Festivals 289
Last Note 319
Sources 321
Books 323
Bibliography 325
Index 329
Index to Illustrations and Photographs 335