Easter in Poland: tones of food, egg tapping game, Polish Water Fight Day Easter 2025: April 13 – Palm Sunday (Niedziela Palmowa), April 18 – Good Friday (Wielki Piątek), April 19 – Holy Saturday (Wielka Sobota), April 20 – Easter Day (Wielkanoc), April 21 – Easter Monday (Poniedziałek Wielkanocny), “Wet Monday” (Lany Poniedziałek). Polish Easter traditions:…
Six springtime vegetables you must try while they are in season in Poland After months of winter root vegetables and frozen or canned veggies, spring in Poland welcomes us with the first fresh local treasures. In Polish, they have a unique name – ‘nowalijki’ – bringing something new. Don’t miss them! Some vegetables come and…
Grocery home delivery in Warsaw, Wrocław, Kraków, Łódź, Poznań, Katowice area, Gdańsk, Gdynia, Sopot Grocery home delivery in Warsaw The biggest supermarkets offering home delivery in Warsaw and the surrounding area Frisco: www.frisco.pl (available in English). Auchan Direct: www.auchandirect.pl/auchan-warszawa/en (website’s interface available in English) Carrefour: www.carrefour.pl E. Leclerc: https://leclerc.com.pl/ On-demand grocery delivery in Warsaw and the surrounding area Jush: www.jush.pl. On-demand grocery home…
Christmas in Poland: traditions, family, and… food Christmas Eve in Poland (Wigilia), December 24 Christmas Eve Dinner – kolacja wigilijna – is Poland’s most important Christmas celebration. Christmas Eve Dinner starts in the late afternoon or evening, depending on the family (some people visit two or more families during Christmas Eve, having two or more…
Summertime in Poland is rich in seasonal fruits. Don’t miss super-nutritious bilberries, juicy cherries, tart rhubarb, knockout gooseberries, or unique wild strawberries! Wild strawberries, woodland strawberries (poziomki) Wild strawberries in Poland grow in open fields, forests, and meadows. They look like tiny strawberries and are extremely delicate and rare. Their taste and aroma are exceptional.…
Summertime vegetables you must try while they are in season in Poland Broad bean (bób) – iconic vegetable in Poland Connoisseurs of broad beans (there are many of them in Poland!) are counting down the days in June when the broad beans are available on the stalls in Poland. And the broad bean season in Poland…
Maria Oskroba of Pierogi and More cooking school in Warsaw shares her granny Helena’s best pierogi hacks and gives 10 reasons why (almost) everyone loves Polish dumplings The word PIEROGI (pronounced: pyeh-RROH-ghee) derives from an old proto-Slavic word “pir” meaning a feast or merry gathering. No wonder pierogi is a highlight of a traditional Sunday family dinner…
Top superfoods in Poland to consider adding to your diet: groats, pickled cabbage & cucumbers, honey, bilberries, kefir, horseradish, cress, botwina beetroot, kohlrabi, and apples Every moment of the year is a good time to take care of our health and strengthen our immunity. Check out our list of best superfoods in Poland, include healthy Polish…
Anna Hurning – the chef behind the Polish food blog “Polish Your Kitchen” – shares her “serve a lot of soup” methodology, memories of cooking in her family home, and 15 kid-friendly recipes from Polish kitchen “Mom! What’s for dinner?” is one question that I’m guaranteed to hear every single day. My 14-year-old was always easy…