From My Family's Polish Kitchen

Welcome to my Polish kitchen. I've included many recipes and stories from my Polish family from the 1950s and 60s in the Detroit, Michigan area. Some of the recipes go forward to my adult life as a world traveller! Everything you find here has been, and always will be, important to me and I am happy to share my recipes and stories with you! Enjoy! Please feel free to leave me a comment. I love to hear from folks who have been to my site.

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Saturday, June 30, 2018

Razzleberry Pie Recipe

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Homemade Razzleberry Pie with raspberries, blackberries and blueberries. There is no such thing as a razzleberry, but a well-made Razz...

Saturday, March 10, 2018

My Second Mother

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In 1963 we moved from the farm to the “suburbs” where my father built a home in a new development called “Belle Harbor” just north of the ...

Thursday, May 4, 2017

Saint Joseph Roman Catholic Mission: The Little White Clapboard Church in Whittaker, Michigan

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When I can’t sleep, I pour myself a cup of milk and power up my computer and head for the Internet. I never know what direction I will go, ...

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Monday, April 10, 2017

Happy Easter from my Family to Yours!

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These are my latest additions to my Pysanky (Easter Egg) collection. These are all in the Ukrainian style. On Good Friday, when I wa...

Monday, March 13, 2017

Christmas on Florida Street and other Stories: Our Interview with NPR StoryCorp

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Florida Street in Detroit, Michigan. The neighborhood was almost exclusively Polish in the 1950s. In January, 2017, my husband, John ...

Friday, September 16, 2016

Trick or Treating on the farm in Michigan (and a recipe for a Decadent Chocolate Fudge Cake with Whipped Cream and Fresh Strawberries!)

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A boy very proud of his clown costume in the backyard of Babcia's house on Florida ...

Saturday, April 2, 2016

Easter 2016

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Polish and Ukrainian Easter Eggs (Pysanki) on my Easter Table. I enjoy displaying my pysanky (Easter Eggs), some Polish, most Ukrainia...

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Driving Down Memory Lane: The Polish National Alliance (PNA) Hall - Sumpter, Michigan

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Polish National Alliance Hall in Sumpter, Michigan. I had planned to just drive by. However, something made me pull over and stop for a ...

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Sunday, May 15, 2011

Immaculate Conception Catholic Elementary School in Milan, Michigan

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Add caption My mother had a stroke on July 2nd, 1999, the day of her 50th wedding anniversary. She died six weeks later, on August 15...

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Adam: Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States; I am a retired school library media specialist living in Jeffersonville, Indiana, just across the border from Louisville, Kentucky. I spent a number of years working in schools around the world and have lived in Germany, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Japan. I enjoy travelling, reading, and eating great food. I especially enjoy the challenge of re-creating dishes that I discover when I read a book. My last creation based on a book was a “Waves of the Danube” cake which was mentioned in "People of the Book" by Geraldine Brooks. It was absolutely decadent and delicious. I have always been in love with cooking and pie baking comes easy to me. I find that baking soothes me in times of stress. The first time I bake something I always follow the recipe exactly to see how it turns out. Afterwards, I will analyze it and make changes if I feel that the recipe could use some tweaking before I make it again. My cooking skills come from my Polish American family roots in Detroit, Michigan and its suburbs. My brother and sisters are all great cooks and they absorbed many of the lessons learned while they were growing up.

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