As Fat Tuesday approaches, Polish communities around the world prepare for one of their most beloved traditions—pączki, a deep-fried, jelly-filled doughnut that marks the final indulgence before the ...

Storefronts in Hamtramck now display signs in Arabic or Bengali Customers line up at the New Palace Bakery, on Fat Tuesday in Hamtramck, Michigan. NYT HAMTRAMCK, Michigan: It was 5:45am and 10 degrees ...

Polish British food writer Behan (Wild Honey and Rye) offers a cozy and approachable guide to creating Polish desserts at home. Traditional sweets, such as Easter babka, St. Martin’s croissants with ...

LORAIN – This year, the parade marshals for the 48th annual Lorain International Bazaar and Festival are Tim and Terri Kiedrowski, co-owners of Kiedrowski’s Simply Delicious Bakery, 2267 E. Cooper ...

Poles love their fruit and produce tonnes of them. When the season comes, we devour strawberries and raspberries with reckless abandon; when it comes to blackcurrants and blueberries we are among the ...

Clevelanders hear a lot about paczki (pronounced PUUNCH-ki) in the days leading up to Lent. But what, exactly, are these Polish treats? Paczki have been made in Poland since the Middle Ages. The ...

An apple a day keeps the doctor away! We bet you know that one. But have you ever ‘promised someone pears on a willow’ or shown someone a ‘fig with poppy seeds’? If you’d like to know what these and ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... KRAKOW, Poland — Emerging from the quiet of her convent, Sister Anastazja Pustelnik was confronted by a jarring image — her smiling face on posters plastered ...

The reward at the end of the frigid wait: a box of paczki (pronounced “PAWN-chkee”), the doughy Polish pastries filled with custard or fruit or, for the less tradition-bound, Cocoa Puffs cereal. The ...