Tag: polish immigrants

This dark, green soup made out of California weed might surprise you

March 12, 2017 by Food Polka

Categories: California Cuisine, Carrots, Cooking Classes, Culinary Writing, Cumin, Diary Product, Dinner, Editorial, Eggs, entrepreneur, farmers market, food agency, Food Art, food marketing, Food Photography, food photography, Food Styling, Herbs, Lunch, Marta Fowlie, Marta Smolczewska, organic, Privet Chef Events, produce, Published by Marta Fowlie, Recipe Development, Resourceful Cooking, sorrel, Soup, Soy milk, Vegetables, Vegetarian • Tags: california, comfort food, cooking for singles, creative cuisine, creative direction, creative food stylist los angeles, culinary content producer, culinary productions, culinary writing, easter, easter meal, edible flowers, edible pepper tree, fast food, food blog, food blogger, food photographer la, food photographer los angeles, food photography, food polka, food styling los angeles, food styling services, food stylist, food stylist los angeles, foraging, free food, green food, healthy, healthy potatoes, marta fowlie, marta smolczewska, personal chef los angeles, polish cooking, polish immigrants, privet chef los angeles, published by Marta Fowlie, Recipe Development, resourceful cooking, sorrel, sour grass, spring meal, superfood, vegan comfort food, vegan mashed potatoes, wild herbs, wild sorrel, wood sorrel

Go green with your potatoes!

March 24, 2016 by Food Polka

Ok, so Easter is right around the corner and being Polish I know that all the Polish housewives have been busy in the kitchen for the last two weeks. Probably baking babkas, hard boiling eggs, and maybe even painting them… I am Polish and I don’t paint eggs this year but I painted my mashed potatoes green. And painted my potatoes not because it’s Easter time, but because green potatoes are delicious, healthy and they look really cool. I am […]

Categories: California Cuisine, Cooking Classes, Culinary Writing, Dinner, Food Art, Food Photography, Food Styling, Garlic, Herbs, Lunch, Marta Fowlie, Marta Smolczewska, Olive Oil, Privet Chef Events, Recipe Development, Resourceful Cooking, Salt, Soy milk, Spinach, Vegetables, Vegetarian • Tags: comfort food, cooking for singles, creative cuisine, creative food stylist los angeles, culinary productions, easter, easter meal, edible flowers, edible pepper tree, fast food, food photographer los angeles, food photography, food polka, food styling los angeles, food styling services, food stylist los angeles, foraging, garlic flowers, green food, healthy, healthy potatoes, marta smolczewska, mashed potatoes, pepper tree bloosom, personal chef long beach, personal chef los angeles, polish cooking, polish easter, polish immigrants, privet chef los angeles, published by Marta Fowlie, quick meal idea, resourceful cooking, side dish, sorrel, spinach and potatoes, vegan comfort food, vegan mashed potatoes, wild garlic, wild sorrel, wold herbs, wood sorrel

“Just go for it” portobello-spinach Wontons

March 4, 2016 by Food Polka

Much like a painter who just starts to paint and creates a unique piece of art, a good cook can whip up something by just starting to cook. I tend to make the best meals when I look at what’s lying around in my cabinets and refrigerator and just go for it. This happens because I have good cooking intuition. For example, one day I was feeling very hungry and knew I had to eat before my Pilates class, but […]

Categories: Almond Milk, Apetizer, Black Pepper, California Cuisine, Chives, Cornstarch, Dinner, Dumplings, Eggs, Flours, Garlic, Green Onions, Herbs, Lunch, Mushroom, Olive Oil, Portobello, Resourceful Cooking, Salt, Spices, Spinach, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Wheat Flour • Tags: asian, cooking for singles, creative cuisine, creative food stylist los angeles, Dumplings, fast food, food photographer los angeles, food styling los angeles, food stylist los angeles, fotografia kulinarna, healthy, marta smolczewska, pierogi z grzybami, pierogies, polish cooking, polish immigrants, polish pierogi, portobello mushroom, published by Marta Fowlie, quick meal idea, resourceful cooking, staffed dumplings, stylizacja kulinarna, wontons

The springtime dinner a’la Food Polka

June 10, 2015 by Food Polka

What the springtime in Poland tastes like? It tastes like a new vegetable garden. It tastes like tiny, creamy new potatoes boiled with the skin on, tossed in fresh butter or buttermilk and topped with fried, runny yolk egg. It tastes like fresh, chopped dill. It tastes like miniature, pale but the sweetest baby carrots and fresh green pea. This is the only time of the year when you can get all these flavors and combine them into one dinner […]

Categories: Breakfast, Butter, Carrots, Communism, Culinary Writing, Dill, Dinner, Eggs, Food Photography, Food Styling, Green Pea, Lunch, Marta Fowlie, Marta Smolczewska, Polish Cuisine, Potatoes, Published by Marta Fowlie, Vegetarian, Vegeterian, Yogurt • Tags: art director, baby potatoes recipe, creative director, creative food stylist los angeles, food photographer, food photographer los angeles, food styling los angeles, food stylist, food stylist los angeles, healthy breakfast, kuchnia polska w USA, memory of communism in poland, personal chef LA, polisg spiring dinner, polish food, polish immigrants, Polish immigrants in US, privet chef in LA, published by Marta Fowlie, springtime dinner

The prefect soft boiled egg breakfast memory

May 22, 2015 by Food Polka

When I was a little kid, growing up in Poland we didn’t have cheerios for breakfast. Corn flakes were hardly ever available. We usually ate open face sandwiches of some kind. Sometimes we had oatmeal or semolina with hot milk, which I hated. Eggs were on the menu as well. Usually scrambled or soft boiled. The soft boiled egg is the most sentimental memory of my childhood breakfast. Perhaps because its eating involved using a special, little egg holder cup. […]

Categories: Breakfast, Butter, Communism, Culinary Writing, Eggs, Food Photography, Food Styling, Marta Fowlie, Marta Smolczewska, Polish Cuisine, Published by Marta Fowlie, Vegetarian, Vegeterian • Tags: art director, creative director, creative food stylist los angeles, easy breakfast, food photographer, food photographer los angeles, food styling los angeles, food stylist, food stylist los angeles, healthy breakfast, kuchnia polska w USA, memorial day, memory of communism in poland, personal chef LA, polish immigrants, Polish immigrants in US, privet chef in LA, published by Marta Fowlie, quick breakfast, soft boiled egg

“Just go for it” portabella-spinach Wontons

February 26, 2014 by Food Polka

Much like a painter who just starts to paint and creates a unique piece of art, a good cook can whip up something by just starting to cook. I tend to make the best meals when I look at what’s lying around in my cupboards and refrigerator and just go for it. This happens because I have good cooking intuition. For example, yesterday I was feeling very hungry and knew I had to eat before my Pilates class, but I […]

Categories: Almond Milk, Apetizer, Black Pepper, California Cuisine, Chives, Cornstarch, Dinner, Dumplings, Eggs, Flours, Garlic, Green Onions, Herbs, Lunch, Mushroom, Olive Oil, Portobello, Resourceful Cooking, Salt, Spices, Spinach, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Wheat Flour • Tags: art director, asian, cooking for singles, creative cuisine, creative director, creative food stylist los angeles, fast food, food photographer, food photographer los angeles, food styling los angeles, food stylist, food stylist los angeles, fotografia kulinarna, healthy, marta smolczewska, polish cooking, polish immigrants, published by Marta Fowlie, quick meal idea, resourceful cooking, stylizacja kulinarna, wontons

The mystery of the cabbage. Nostalgia comes from the weirdest places

January 5, 2014 by Food Polka

I’ve been living in California for 13 years now, and I can honestly say I never really had encountered homesickness. When you move to a new country you’re so excited at first. You take every opportunity to experience the new culture, environment, and people. For some, that initial excitement might die down and they might start to miss their homeland. This usually results in two things happening: they eventually wait out that feeling and come to accept the new country […]

Categories: Cabbage, Cabbage Rolls, Chives, Cooking Classes, Dill, Dinner, Eggs, Green Onions, Ground Beef, Herbs, Lunch, Marjoram, Polish Cuisine, Resourceful Cooking, Rice, Sauce, Spices, Tomatoes, Vegetables • Tags: art director, cabbage rolls, creative director, creative food stylist los angeles, food photographer, food photographer los angeles, food styling los angeles, food stylist, food stylist los angeles, golumpki, gołąbki, greenpoint, lata 70, marta smolczewska, polish, polish 70's, Polish chef, polish cooking, polish immigrants, published by Marta Fowlie

Navels + 81 Fahrenheit = Orange Pancakes and Christmas in SoCal

December 27, 2013 by Food Polka

So, it’s a day after Christmas. While a lot of the world is suffering in the miserable cold, I am hanging out on my terrace drinking coffee, wearing tank top and shorts. Sure I have Jack burrowing into my lap. Sometimes I really can’t believe where I live. Back Warsaw its 38 degrees. Here in Signal Hill it never gets that cold, it never snows. The worse we get is a little rain and a slight chill. And what’s more […]

Categories: American Cuisine, Breakfast, Butter, California Cuisine, Christmas, Communism, Cottage Cheese, Dessert, Eggs, Farmer's Cheese, Flax, Food Styling, Fruits, Grains, Herbs, Holidays, Lunch, Mint, Oatmeal, Oranges, Pancakes, Pancakes, Polish Cuisine, Queso Fresco, Resourceful Cooking, Tarragon, Vegetarian, Yogurt • Tags: art director, breakfast, Christmas, creative director, creative food stylist los angeles, food photographer, food photographer los angeles, food styling los angeles, food stylist, food stylist los angeles, holiday, marta fowlie, marta smolczewska, navel, oranges, pancakes, Polish chef, polish christmas story, polish cooking, polish immigrants, published by Marta Fowlie, resourceful cooking, socal