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Holiday Eggnog Martini just like grandma used to make 🍸🥚

December 25, 2015 by Food Polka

When I was a little girl, I fell in love with a homemade treat called kogel-mogel. It was made from raw egg yolks and white sugar. Sometimes, I would add a touch of raw cocoa powder or lemon juice. Growing up in communist Poland, where sweets were rationed and often unavailable, this simple treat meant the world to me especially since I could make it at home whenever I craved something sweet. As I got a little older, I discovered […]

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Categories: California Cuisine, Christmas, Cocktail, Dessert, Diary Product, Dinner, Eggs, Eggs, Food Photography, Food Styling, Holidays, Lemon, Liquors, Maple Syrup, Polish Cuisine, Privet Chef Events, Published by Marta Fowlie, Published by Marta Fowlie, Soy milk, Vegeterian, Vodka • Tags: adwokat, ajerkoniak, art director, boże narodzenie w polsce, creative director, creative food stylist los angeles, diet cocktail, diet eggnog, eggnog, eggnog martini, eggnog with vodka, food photographer, food photographer los angeles, food styling los angeles, food stylist, food stylist los angeles, healthy cocktail, holiday cocktail, kogel mogel, light eggnog, personal chef LA, polish christmas drinks, polish christmas food, polish martini, privet chef in LA, published by Marta Fowlie, refreshement, wódka z jajkiem, winter cocktail

Nothing speaks Thanksgiving louder than this delicious threesome

November 24, 2015 by Food Polka

This week we celebrate Thanksgiving. This time I won’t be cooking. I am going to celebrate. With my good friends. In the restaurant. And I will not eat turkey because I wouldn’t say I like it. I’ll enjoy a juicy, bloody prime rib with horseradish.That said, I have been “entertaining” the idea of a Thanksgiving menu in my kitchen for the last month. How? Playing with different pumpkins, squashes, sweet potatoes, Brussels sprouts, cranberries, oranges…So to keep up with the […]

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Categories: American Cuisine, Balsamic Vinegar, Butternut Squash, Cranberries, Dinner, Food Photography, Food Styling, Fruits, Honey, Lunch, Oranges, Privet Chef Events, Published by Marta Fowlie, Recipe Development, Resourceful Cooking, Thankgiving, Vegetarian, Vegeterian • Tags: art director, buttenut squash, cranberries, creative director, creative food, creative food stylist los angeles, food photographer, food photographer los angeles, food styling los angeles, food stylist, food stylist los angeles, fusion food, healthy thanksgiving recipe, intuitarian, marta smolczewska, orange, presonal chef los angeles long beach, privet chef los angeles, published by Marta Fowlie, resourceful cooking, sauce, soup, sustainable cooking, thanksgiving recipe

American steakhouse dinner menu takes the cake, proving meat and potatoes never go out of style

October 28, 2015 by Food Polka

Earlier this month, I received the unfortunate news that the creative chef startup that first recruited me back in 2013 is shutting down its operations in Southern California. Their business model didn’t quite align with LA’s sprawling geography, so they’ve decided to focus exclusively on New York City, where they’ve been seeing much more success. I have to admit, I genuinely enjoyed working with them. Not only did they match me with a variety of fantastic gigs that connected me […]

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Categories: American Cuisine, Apetizer, California Cuisine, Culinary Writing, Dessert, Dinner, Food Photography, German Cuisine, Mexican, Polish Cuisine, Privet Chef Events, Published by Marta Fowlie • Tags: art director, birthday dinner menu, creative director, creative food stylist los angeles, dinner party, family dinner menu, food photographer, food photographer los angeles, food styling los angeles, food stylist, food stylist los angeles, home dinner party, long beach chef, los angeles food service, personal chef, personal chef LA, privet chef long beach, steakhouse dinner

Lightly Salty, Naturally Fermented Dill Pickles

September 3, 2015 by Food Polka

Growing up in Poland, I fell in love with homemade sour pickles – especially ones that were naturally fermented. The pickles sold in America are cucumbers preserved in vinegar. My idea of a pickle is a cucumber that’s been naturally fermented in a brine solution. The most common place to find them in the U.S. is at Jewish delis or overpriced foodie spots, but these places usually only give you one, or even just half of a pickle, so I’m […]

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Categories: Apetizer, Black Pepper, Cabbage, Cucumbers, Culinary Writing, Dill, Dinner, Editorial, Food Photography, Food Styling, Garlic, German Cuisine, Herbs, Lunch, Pickles, Polish Cuisine, Privet Chef Events, Resourceful Cooking, Salad, Salt, Snack, Spices, Thai Chili, Vegan, Vegeterian, Yellow mustard seeds • Tags: art director, creative director, creative food stylist los angeles, dill pickles, fermented cucumbers, fermented food, food photographer, food photographer los angeles, food polka, food styling los angeles, food stylist, food stylist los angeles, home fermented cucumbers, home food fermentation, home made pickles, home preserves, jemwiecjestem.com, jewish deli style pickles, marta fowlie, marta smolczewska, personal chef LA, Polish Carnival, Polish chef, Polish cuisine, polish cuisine is us, polish pickles, published by Marta Fowlie, sauerkraut and pickles

All butcher blocks and cutting boards were “pretty ugly” before they became beautiful

July 18, 2015 by Food Polka

This post is basically a photo-reportage from my last month visit at Brooklyn Butcher Blocks in Brooklyn, NY. I first run into the BBB products when I was working as a chef and I was right away impressed with the stunning look and construction of their dark brickwork carving board. So, I’ve started following them on Facebook. In the spring I was hanging out at the Artisanal LA trade show and sure enough there was the BBB booth. So, I’ve […]

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Categories: Culinary Writing, Editorial, Food Photography, Home Design, Kitchen Organization, Photoreportage, Published by Marta Fowlie • Tags: art director, butcher blocks, creative director, creative food stylist los angeles, culinary writing, cutting boards, food photographer, food photographer los angeles, food styling los angeles, food stylist, food stylist los angeles, photoreportage

Sophisticated sauerkraut made in the privacy of your own home

July 6, 2015 by Food Polka

Sauerkraut is perhaps one of the most controversial culinary ingredients in the entire world. Either you love it, or you hate it. I have never seen anything in between. Either you devour it, or you don’t even look at it. That is the bottom line. The “gray zone” starts when it comes to making the kraut sour (btw, kraut is a German word for cabbage). The process of souring it can have many faces. This outwardly “simplistic” vegetable can be […]

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Categories: Cabbage, Dinner, German Cuisine, Lunch, Pickles, Polish Cuisine, Salt, Sauerkraut, Vegan, Vegeterian • Tags: art director, creative director, creative food stylist los angeles, fermented cabbage, food photographer, food photographer los angeles, food polka, food styling los angeles, food stylist, food stylist los angeles, home preserves, jemwiecjestem.com, kapusta kiszona, marta fowlie, marta smolczewska, pickled cabbage, Polish Carnival, Polish chef, polish cuisine is us, polish kimchi, published by Marta Fowlie, sauerkraut, sour cabbage

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

Tomatillo, Jalapeno, Lime, Cilantro Make a God Damn Good Handmade Gift Jam

May 30, 2015 by Food Polka

Last March my mother reminded me about my grandma’s 90th birthday in April. She thought I perhaps should send her a special card or a little gift. So, since I am the biggest fan of handmade gifts, I decided to make something special for her. And… since I am into food I instantly thought that maybe I could make a cool preserve that could be put in a jar and shipped to Poland. I don’t think my grandma’s pallet is […]

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Categories: American Cuisine, Breakfast, California Cuisine, Cilantro, Condiments, Dessert, Food Photography, Food Styling, Honey, Jelapeno, Lime, Published by Marta Fowlie, Sauce, Snack, Tomatillos, Vegan, 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, hand made gift, healthy breakfast, personal chef LA, privet chef in LA, published by Marta Fowlie, socal preserve, souther california flavors

The Perfect Soft-Boiled Egg Breakfast Memory

May 22, 2015 by Food Polka

When I was a little kid, growing up in communist 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. In that […]