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Central & Eastern European Cooking
Regional Books
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Nelson, Kay Shaw
Cuisines of the Alps: Recipes, Drinks, and Lore from France, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Italy, Germany, Austria, and Slovenia
TX723.5.A1 N433 2005
Cuisines of the Alps: Recipes, Drinks, and Lore from France, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Italy, Germany, Austria, and Slovenia
TX723.5.A1 N433 2005
Polvay, Marina
All Along the Danube: Recipes from Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria
TX723.5.A1 P64 1992x
This Hippocrene title includes a special chapter, "Christmas Along the Danube," which covers each country's holiday specialties.
All Along the Danube: Recipes from Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria
TX723.5.A1 P64 1992x
This Hippocrene title includes a special chapter, "Christmas Along the Danube," which covers each country's holiday specialties.
The Practical Encyclopedia of East European Cooking: the Definitive Collection of Traditional Recipes, from the Baltic to the Black Sea
This well illustrated volume has had part of its content republished as The Balkan Cookbook: Traditional Cooking from Romania, Bulgaria and the Balkan Countries and From Stroganoff to Strudel: Great Traditional Cooking from Germany, Austria, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. "Full color maps and introductions outline the history, unusual ingredients and flavors of each of these classic cuisines."
This well illustrated volume has had part of its content republished as The Balkan Cookbook: Traditional Cooking from Romania, Bulgaria and the Balkan Countries and From Stroganoff to Strudel: Great Traditional Cooking from Germany, Austria, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. "Full color maps and introductions outline the history, unusual ingredients and flavors of each of these classic cuisines."
Rowe, Silvena
The Eastern and Central European Kitchen: Contemporary & Classic Recipes
TX723.5.A1 R69 2007x
The author was born and raised in Bulgaria and now lives in London. The countries surrounding the Black Sea and the Balkans are well represented in the recipes and the photos are interesting.
The Eastern and Central European Kitchen: Contemporary & Classic Recipes
TX723.5.A1 R69 2007x
The author was born and raised in Bulgaria and now lives in London. The countries surrounding the Black Sea and the Balkans are well represented in the recipes and the photos are interesting.
Bulgarian
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Slavov, Atanas, 1930-
Traditional Bulgarian Cooking
TX723.5.B8 S564 1998
Bulgarian home cooking is characterised by a blend of South Slav and strong Turkish influences, within the framework of the great Mediterranean culinary tradition. Yogurt is an ingredient in many dishes.
Traditional Bulgarian Cooking
TX723.5.B8 S564 1998
Bulgarian home cooking is characterised by a blend of South Slav and strong Turkish influences, within the framework of the great Mediterranean culinary tradition. Yogurt is an ingredient in many dishes.
Return to the topCroatian
For additional titles, browse the library catalog under the subject: Cooking Croatian
Web Sites
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Croatian National Tourist Board: Gastronomy and Enology/a>
There is an online brochure on Croatian Gastronomy. Includes Food and traditional festivities; Croatian Wines; and Cuisine by Regions: Istria and Kvarner region; Gorski Kotar and Lika; Dalmatia; North-West Croatia; and Slavonia and Baranja. -
Dalmatian Culinary Art
A description of Dalmatian cuisine plus recipes for fish stew, kraut rolls, and sweet ravioli. -
Visit Croatia: Croatian Cuisine
Includes serveral recipes, including mushroom and buckwheat soup.
Czech
Selected Books
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Web Sites
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Wikipedia: Czech Cuisine
This gives a general description of Czech food and some typical dishes.
German
Selected Books
For library books browse Cooking German.
Anderson, Jean and Hedy Würz
The New German Cookbook: More than 230 Contemporary and Traditional Recipes
With explanations of ingredients, clear instructions, and evocative introductions to the recipes, the cooking of today's Germany is illuminated for American cooks. Includes traditional recipes as well.
TX721 .A62 1993
The New German Cookbook: More than 230 Contemporary and Traditional Recipes
With explanations of ingredients, clear instructions, and evocative introductions to the recipes, the cooking of today's Germany is illuminated for American cooks. Includes traditional recipes as well.
TX721 .A62 1993
Culinaria Germany
This series from the German publisher Könemann (now Ullmann) highlights the foodstuffs of countries from around the world. They are always interesting to browse through and well-photographed. They are great books to peruse before you visit the country.
This series from the German publisher Könemann (now Ullmann) highlights the foodstuffs of countries from around the world. They are always interesting to browse through and well-photographed. They are great books to peruse before you visit the country.
Heberle, Marianna Olszewska
German Cooking
Savory German cuisine is made lighter and easier for today's busy cook. Much more than sausage and sauerkraut, German Cooking combines traditional recipes with lighter dishes that reflect contemporary German lifestyle.
TX721.H43 1996
German Cooking
Savory German cuisine is made lighter and easier for today's busy cook. Much more than sausage and sauerkraut, German Cooking combines traditional recipes with lighter dishes that reflect contemporary German lifestyle.
TX721.H43 1996
Staib, Walter
Black Forest Cuisine: the Classic Blending of European Flavors
In Black Forest Cuisine, Philadelphia chef and cookbook author Walter Staib takes home-chefs on a mouth-watering tour of the culinary treasures found in his native homeland, the Schwarzwald nestled in Southwestern Germany. And yes, there is even a recipe for Black Forest Cake.
TX721.S73 2006x
Black Forest Cuisine: the Classic Blending of European Flavors
In Black Forest Cuisine, Philadelphia chef and cookbook author Walter Staib takes home-chefs on a mouth-watering tour of the culinary treasures found in his native homeland, the Schwarzwald nestled in Southwestern Germany. And yes, there is even a recipe for Black Forest Cake.
TX721.S73 2006x
Websites
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Epicurious International Cooking: German
Recipes from Bon Appétit and Gourmét magazines -
German Foods
A website in English for Americans with loads of German recipes from the "CMA" (German Agricultural Marketing Board). And, if you'd like to try your hand at German, there's a German CMA website as well. -
NDSU Libraries: Germans from Russia Heritage Collection: Foods & Recipes
A collection of German-Russian recipes from North Dakota State University Libraries in Fargo, with links to additional recipe collections. -
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Shred this: Making your own sauerkraut is easy and fun
Susan Banks shows you how to make this German staple in this October 06, 2011 article.
Hungarian
Books
For library books browse Cooking Hungarian .
Gergely, Aniko
Culinaria Hungary
This series from the German publisher Könemann (now Ullmann) highlights the foodstuffs of countries from around the world. They are always interesting to browse through and well-photographed. They are great books to peruse before you visit the country.
Culinaria Hungary
This series from the German publisher Könemann (now Ullmann) highlights the foodstuffs of countries from around the world. They are always interesting to browse through and well-photographed. They are great books to peruse before you visit the country.
Gundel, Károly, 1883-1956
Gundel's Hungarian Cookbook
TX723.5.H8 G813 1988x
Recipes from the Gundel Restaurant, one of the most famous restaurants in Budapest.
Gundel's Hungarian Cookbook
TX723.5.H8 G813 1988x
Recipes from the Gundel Restaurant, one of the most famous restaurants in Budapest.
Lang, George
The Cuisine of Hungary
TX723.5.H8 L3 1982
This is a classic "Bible" of Hungarian cooking in English, first published in 1971.
The Cuisine of Hungary
TX723.5.H8 L3 1982
This is a classic "Bible" of Hungarian cooking in English, first published in 1971.
Web Sites
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Chew.hu
The Hungarian foodblog with news and tips on Budapest dining. Offers an Encyclopedia of Hungarian food and drink, Hungarian Recipes, "Top 33" Restaurants, Budget Budapest, Wines and Spirits. -
Epicurious Recipe Search: Hungarian
93 ecipes from Bon Appétit and Gourmét magazines -
Hungarian Cuisine
from Hungary edited by Janos Mohacsi. "Paprika and garlic are to be found everywhere." -
June Meyer's Hungarian Recipes
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Wikipedia: Hungarian Cuisine
This Wikipedia article gives an overview of Hungarian cuisine and a listing of and descriptions for a variety of traditional dishes.
Lithuanian
For library books browse Cooking Lithuanian .
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Anthology of Lithuanian Ethnoculture: Lithuanian Traditional Foods
Includes a discussion of foodways as well as recipes for many Lithuanian dishes arranged by category.
Polish
For additional library books browse Cooking Polish.
Selected Books
Baruch, Michael J.
The New Polish Cuisine
TX723.5.P6 B37 2002x
Baruch is a native of Chicago and has reinvented beloved Polish dishes from his childhood for the American palate. Included are chapters on kanapki and zakaski (appetizers), mushrooms, pierogis dumplings and noodles, and nalesniki (savory stuffed crepes).
The New Polish Cuisine
TX723.5.P6 B37 2002x
Baruch is a native of Chicago and has reinvented beloved Polish dishes from his childhood for the American palate. Included are chapters on kanapki and zakaski (appetizers), mushrooms, pierogis dumplings and noodles, and nalesniki (savory stuffed crepes).
Knab, Sophie Hodorowicz
The Polish Country Kitchen Cookbook
TX723.5.P55 K53 2002
Arranged according to the cycle of seasons, this cookbook explores life in the Polish countryside through the year, with recipes for potato dishes in fall when they are freshest, cucumber specialties in summer when they are plentiful, and buckwheat groats in winter when other staples are not available.
The Polish Country Kitchen Cookbook
TX723.5.P55 K53 2002
Arranged according to the cycle of seasons, this cookbook explores life in the Polish countryside through the year, with recipes for potato dishes in fall when they are freshest, cucumber specialties in summer when they are plentiful, and buckwheat groats in winter when other staples are not available.
Michalik, Ewa
The Food and Cooking of Poland: Traditions, Ingredients, Tastes, Techniques, Over 60 Classic Recipes
This is a nice glossy book with a photograph of every recipe, often necessary when one is not familiar with the dishes. It begins with an overview of Poland and its history, a description of Polish cuisine and food habits, a list of festivals and celebrations and a section on classic ingredients. Included are recipes for various dumplings (pierogi), soups, carp, hunter's stew (bigos), stuffed cabbage rolls (golabki), kasha, poppy seed roll, and more.
The Food and Cooking of Poland: Traditions, Ingredients, Tastes, Techniques, Over 60 Classic Recipes
This is a nice glossy book with a photograph of every recipe, often necessary when one is not familiar with the dishes. It begins with an overview of Poland and its history, a description of Polish cuisine and food habits, a list of festivals and celebrations and a section on classic ingredients. Included are recipes for various dumplings (pierogi), soups, carp, hunter's stew (bigos), stuffed cabbage rolls (golabki), kasha, poppy seed roll, and more.
Websites
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Global Gourmet: Poland: What to Eat
A description of the food of Poland and some typical recipes including nutrolls, stuffed cabbage, and fire vodka. -
Deli brings Polish tasty treats to the Strip
This January 15, 2009 article from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette features the new S & D Polish Delicatessen in the Strip District. -
Recipe Source: Polish Recipes
A Berkeley database of 88 user-submitted recipes
Romanian
For additional titles browse the library catalog under the subject: Cooking Romanian.
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Saveur: Eternal Terrain: Transylvania
Alexander Lobrano explores the ancient ways of living and eating thrive in the Transylvanian countryside. There is also recipes for a Transylvania Dinner with Romanian Polenta with Sour Cream, Pork-and-Rice Meatball Soup, and Chicken with Paprika.
Russian
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Chamberlain, Lesley
The Food and Cooking of Russia
TX 723.3 .C47 1983x
Lesley Chamberlain lived in Soviet Russia in 1978–79 and recorded her experiences in the form of two hundred recipes interwoven with details of Russian culture and history and her own practical advice. This fine collection of recipes and entertaining literary quotations has become a classic introduction to the rich culinary history of the region.
The Food and Cooking of Russia
TX 723.3 .C47 1983x
Lesley Chamberlain lived in Soviet Russia in 1978–79 and recorded her experiences in the form of two hundred recipes interwoven with details of Russian culture and history and her own practical advice. This fine collection of recipes and entertaining literary quotations has become a classic introduction to the rich culinary history of the region.
Culinaria Russia: Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan
This series from the German publisher Könemann (now Ullmann) highlights the foodstuffs of countries from around the world. They are always interesting to browse through and well-photographed. They are great books to peruse before you visit the country.
This series from the German publisher Könemann (now Ullmann) highlights the foodstuffs of countries from around the world. They are always interesting to browse through and well-photographed. They are great books to peruse before you visit the country.
Food in Russian History and Culture
GT2853.R8 F66 1997
Edited by Musya Glants and Joyce Toomre
A collection of articles on the role of food in Russian history.
GT2853.R8 F66 1997
Edited by Musya Glants and Joyce Toomre
A collection of articles on the role of food in Russian history.
Jones, Catherine Cheremeteff
A Year of Russian Feasts
TX723.3.J66 2002x
Equal parts travel memoir and cookbook, A Year of Russian Feasts combines Catherine Jones's warm, insightful writing style with her sensitive approach to discovering her family's heritage and its cuisine.
A Year of Russian Feasts
TX723.3.J66 2002x
Equal parts travel memoir and cookbook, A Year of Russian Feasts combines Catherine Jones's warm, insightful writing style with her sensitive approach to discovering her family's heritage and its cuisine.
Toomre, Joyce Stetson
Classic Russian Cooking: Elena Molokhovets' A Gift to Young Housewives
TX723.3 .T66 1992
First published in 1861, this Bible of Russian homemakers offered not only a compendium of recipes, but also instructions about such matters as setting up a kitchen, managing servants, shopping, and proper winter storage.
Classic Russian Cooking: Elena Molokhovets' A Gift to Young Housewives
TX723.3 .T66 1992
First published in 1861, this Bible of Russian homemakers offered not only a compendium of recipes, but also instructions about such matters as setting up a kitchen, managing servants, shopping, and proper winter storage.
Visson, Lynn
The Russian Heritage Cookbook: A culinary tradition preserved in 360 authentic recipes
TX723.3.V55 2004x
This new version of Visson's cookbook includes recipes from contemporary Russia.
The Russian Heritage Cookbook: A culinary tradition preserved in 360 authentic recipes
TX723.3.V55 2004x
This new version of Visson's cookbook includes recipes from contemporary Russia.
Von Bremzen, Anya
Please to the Table: The Russian Cookbook
TX723.3.V66 1990
This cookbook is a collection of recipes from the many regions that made up the Soviet Union.
Please to the Table: The Russian Cookbook
TX723.3.V66 1990
This cookbook is a collection of recipes from the many regions that made up the Soviet Union.
Web Sites
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Recipe Source: Russian Recipes
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RusCuisine
RusCuisine is a website designed by Olga & Yura Timokhin to help anyone to learn more about Russian cuisine, Russian history, traditions and Russian people. -
Russian Foods.com
This commercial web site includes some recipes but also offers interesting cooking utensils, like a pelmeni pot and pelmeni molds. -
Wikipedia: Russian Cuisine
Wikipedia gives a nice overview of Russian cuisine.
Serbian
Serbia was part of the former Yugoslavia and its cuisine is influenced by Turkish, Greek, Hungarian and Austrian cuisines.
Selected Books
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Web Sites
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Wikipedia: Serbian Cuisine
Includes a description of the foods and food habits of Serbia, including some of the characteristic dishes, many of which are also common to the other countries of former Yugoslavia.
Slovak
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Web Sites
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The Recipes of Slovakia Remembered
or The Great Slovak Cheese War of 1996. Features the foods and traditions of Slovakia as remembered by the members of the Slovak-World Mailing List. -
The Slavonic Cookbook: Slovenske Jedlo and Pennsylvania Slovak Soul Food
Information on ordering "probably the most complete English language cookbook on Carpathian / Slovak foods available". Recipes brought to the Pennsylvania mining community.
Slovenian
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Milhench, Heike
Flavors of Slovenia: Food and wine from Central Europe's hidden gem
TX723.5.S6 M44 2007
Hippocrene publishes many books on lesser known cuisines, including this one.
Flavors of Slovenia: Food and wine from Central Europe's hidden gem
TX723.5.S6 M44 2007
Hippocrene publishes many books on lesser known cuisines, including this one.
Web Sites and Articles
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New York Times: Tasting Slovenian Cuisine Right at the Source
Don't know what Slovenian food is like? Read this travel article by Hannah Wallace from July 5, 2009.
Ukrainian
Selected Books
For library books browse Cooking, Ukrainian.
Birchard, Tom
The Veselka Cookbook: Recipes and Stories from the Landmark Restaurant in New York's East Village
TX723.3.B523 2009
Veselka labels itself as "Ukrainian soul food in the heart of the East Village" and offers Ukrainian and American specialties. You'll find Kielbasa, pierogies, and borscht as well as macaroni and cheese.
The Veselka Cookbook: Recipes and Stories from the Landmark Restaurant in New York's East Village
TX723.3.B523 2009
Veselka labels itself as "Ukrainian soul food in the heart of the East Village" and offers Ukrainian and American specialties. You'll find Kielbasa, pierogies, and borscht as well as macaroni and cheese.
Farley, Marta Pisetska
Festive Ukrainian Cooking
TX723.3 .F37 1990
This classic from the University of Pittsburgh Press highlights the various festivals common to Ukraine and the foods that celebrate them.
Festive Ukrainian Cooking
TX723.3 .F37 1990
This classic from the University of Pittsburgh Press highlights the various festivals common to Ukraine and the foods that celebrate them.
Web Sites
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InfoUkes: Culinary Traditions
Christmas Eve Dinner and links to other culinary sites
Pittsburgh Region
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Cabbage Roll Queen of Southwestern Pennsylvania is prepared for Pig Fest
77 year-old Josephine Gresko lives in Carmichaels, Greene County, and prepares 1,200 cabbage rolls for the Pig Festival, recipe included. Her parents were Italian but she learned to make cabbage rolls from her Hungarian mother-in-law. -
Pierogies Plus
These pierogies are prepared in the Polish tradition by eastern Europeans. If you want more authentic pierogies, you'll have to fly to Warsaw or Krakow. They now have an online store where you can even buy DVDs on making your own pierogies and cabbage rolls! In the January 2011 issue of Saveur Magazine, Pierogies Plus made their Top 100! -
Slovenians thrive on sturdy, hearty meals
This Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article from Sunday, June 17, 2001 will tell you where to eat "Slovenian" in Pittsburgh. -
Summer Language Institute Cookbook
From the University of Pittsburgh's Slavic Department. "The recipes...are taken from a variety of sources, including the World Wide Web, previous Institute cookbooks, and from past and present students and staff (always the best source). Many of the dishes included have been prepared and devoured at our popular Monday afternoon "cooking clubs." These events, as always, are a highlight of the summer." Includes Bulgarian, Croatian, Romanian, Russian, and Slovak recipes.
