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The Lonely Winter Brussels Sprouts Soup but you don’t have to eat it alone

December 22, 2017 by Food Polka

I am fortunate to spend this Holiday season with my family in Poland. It has been 16 years since the last Christmas together and a very long time since I experienced the “real” winter for longer than a week. Although it’s cold out here, I am still super excited because the trip triggers so many culinary memories. Winters in Northern Europe offer a very limited variety of local produce but Brussels Sprouts are in season now. So, here is my sentimental winter tale about this “little” vegetable. I […]

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Categories: Christmas, Communism, Cooking Classes, Dill, Dinner, Editorial, Food Art, Food Photography, Food Styling, Herbs, Lunch, organic, Pearl Barley, Polish Cuisine, Published by Marta Fowlie, Recipe Development, Resourceful Cooking, Soup, Tomatoes, Vegetables • Tags: brussels sprouts, brussels sprouts soup, creative food stylist los angeles, culinary productions, culinary writing, Dill, food photographer, food photographer la, food photographer los angeles, food photography, food polka, food styling los angeles, food stylist los angeles, foodpolka, marta fowlie, polish cooking, published by Marta Fowlie, winter soups

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Polish Split Pea Soup Inspired by Military Field Kitchens πŸͺ–πŸ«›

December 29, 2015 by Food Polka

This is the ultimate Polish soup recipe. The soup is called “GrochΓ³wka” and is made from dried split peas and a few other typical Polish soup ingredients. If you drive across Poland, you will notice roadside stands and food shacks in the woods inviting you to have a bowl of the “GrochΓ³wka Wojskowa” or “GrochΓ³wka Polowa”, which translates into the “Military Split Pea Soup”. Stop by, and you will most likely end up with something really tasty. Something very similar […]

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Categories: Carrots, Christmas, Communism, Culinary Writing, Dinner, Food Photography, Garlic, Green Pea, Herbs, Lunch, Marjoram, Polish Cuisine, Pork, Potatoes, Privet Chef Events, Published by Marta Fowlie, Resourceful Cooking, Smoked Bacon • Tags: creative food, creative food stylist los angeles, food photographer los angeles, food styling los angeles, food stylist los angeles, fusion food, green pea soup, grochΓ³wka po polsku, grochΓ³wka polowa, intuitarian, marta smolczewska, military split pea soup, polish soup, polish split pea soup, published by Marta Fowlie, resourceful cooking, sauce, soup, sustainable cooking

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The springtime dinner ala Food Polka

June 10, 2015 by Food Polka

What the springtime in Poland taste 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 peas. This is the only time of the year when you can get all these flavors and combine them into one dinner […]

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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, recipe develoer los angeles, Recipe Development, springtime dinner

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The Perfect Soft-Boiled Egg Recipe + Breakfast Memory πŸ₯šπŸ€

May 22, 2015 by Food Polka

When I was a little kid, growing up in communist Poland, we didn’t have Cheerios for breakfast. Cornflakes 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. In that time […]

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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

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I know. It’s cheesy, but I miss Polish farmer’s cheese πŸ‡΅πŸ‡±

May 18, 2014 by Food Polka

Do you want to know the food products from Poland I miss the most? Polish-style farmer’s cheese. During my childhood, this was my favorite food, and it was relatively easy to get, unlike most other food products. During the 80s, most food items were rationed per person. However, this cheese was never rationed.I would walk into the often bare market and get the whiff of that unique sour smell the cheese produced, especially strong when there was no A/C. I […]

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Categories: Breads, Breakfast, Cheese, Chives, Communism, Cottage Cheese, Farmer's Cheese, Garlic, Green Onions, Lunch, Polish Cuisine, Radish, Spices, Vegetarian • Tags: acidic cheese, art director, biaΕ‚y ser, cottage cheese, creative director, creative food stylist los angeles, farmer's cheese, food photographer, food photographer los angeles, food styling los angeles, food stylist, food stylist los angeles, marta smolczewska, polish, published by Marta Fowlie, sauer milk, ser biaΕ‚y, spΓ³Ε‚dzielnia mleczarska w sierpcu, twaroΕΌek, white cheese

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Polish White Borscht that was Sold Only at Speakeasy πŸ₯£πŸ₯”

March 2, 2014 by Food Polka

Polish white borscht (BiaΕ‚y Barszcz) or β€œsour soup” as I call it, is one of my favorite Polish soups. I even make it for my friends in California, and some of them have really taken to it. My version is slightly more complex than the ones I remember from Poland. It should be with all the wide variety of ingredients available to me now. The soup is a carb bomb, made with a mix of bread and flour that is […]

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Categories: Black Pepper, Breads, Chives, Communism, Cuisine, Dinner, Garlic, Green Onions, Herbs, Lemon, Lunch, Marjoram, Meals, Mushroom, Polish Cuisine, Rye Flour, Salt, Smoked Bacon, Soup, Spices, Vegetables, Wheat Flour, Wheat Flour, Whole-Wheat Bread • Tags: acidic soup, art director, barszcz, barszcz biaΕ‚y, country cooking, creative director, creative food stylist los angeles, food photographer, food photographer los angeles, food styling los angeles, food stylist, food stylist los angeles, kuchnia polska w USA, marta smolczewska, polish, Polish chef, polish cooking, Polish cuisine, polish speakeasy, published by Marta Fowlie, soup, sour soup, sourdough bread soup, sourdough soup, speakeasy, zalewajka, ΕΌur, ΕΌurek

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Navel Oranges + 81 Fahrenheit = 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 a tank top and shorts. Sure I have Jack burrowing into my lap. Sometimes I really can’t believe where I live. Back in Warsaw, it’s 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 […]

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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

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The Christmas Tale of Food Polka. Oranges and Irony πŸŠπŸŽ„πŸ›³οΈ πŸ‡¨πŸ‡Ί

December 24, 2013 by Food Polka

Every morning, I have to find new toys or bones while I’m making my bed because my little Jack Russell – conveniently named Jack hides them for me under the pillow every night.Β  Yesterday it was an orange ball. That Orange ball got me thinking of Oranges – shocking, I know, and that got me thinking of my cool Navel Orange Pancake recipe, and that got me thinking of the big bag of oranges that’s been on my counter, and […]

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Categories: Christmas, Communism, Fruits, Holidays, Oranges, Vegetarian • Tags: art director, BoΕΌe Narodzenie, Christmas, communism, creative director, creative food stylist los angeles, food photographer, food photographer los angeles, food photography, food styling los angeles, food stylist, food stylist los angeles, jem wiΔ™c jestem, Komunizm, Kuba, KubaΕ„skie PomaraΕ„cze, marta fowlie, marta smolczewska, navel, oranges, pancake, poland, Polish chef, polish christmas story, polish christmas tale, polish cooking, Polska, polskie historie wigilijne, published by Marta Fowlie

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How Lack of Confidence in my English Created a Blog Full of Food Stories

December 21, 2013 by Food Polka

What is Food Polka? The word β€œPolka”, as some of you may or may not know, is the Polish word for a Polish woman. I am Polish, I am a woman, and I love to cook, so I am the Food Polka. How did it all start? Well, in February of 2013 I started a culinary blog in Polish: JemWiecJestem.com. It got a really good response from friends and family. When I would tell my American friends about it, they […]

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Categories: Communism, Food Photography, Polish Cuisine, Resourceful Cooking • Tags: art director, communism, communism in Poland, creative director, creative food stylist los angeles, ESL, food, food blog, food photographer, food photographer los angeles, food styling los angeles, food stylist, food stylist los angeles, kartki, marta smolczewska, poland, Polish immigrants in US, polish political refuges in US, polka, polonia, published by Marta Fowlie, ration coupons, Solidarity, SolidarnoΕ›Δ‡, WaΕ‚Δ™sa

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