A collection of traditional and modern Polish baking and dessert recipes including babkas, cheesecakes, tarts, pastries, and all things sweet and celebratory. Ren Behan takes you from everyday baking to celebrations in this comprehensive, modern take on Polish sweet treats, and draws on influences from across central and Eastern Europe.
Honey, cinnamon, ginger, vanilla, citrus peel, cherries, sweet whipped cheese… With these warming scents and flavors, Ren Behan takes you from everyday baking to carnival doughnuts in a comprehensive tour of Polish sweet treats. Traditional and modern Polish recipes include babkas, cheesecakes, tarts, pastries, and all things sweet and celebratory. With modern twists and bold, folkloric styling, The Sweet Polish Kitchen will link traditional recipes with current trends, designed to bring the spirit of Polish patisserie and bakes to a new audience.
Poland’s rich, multi-national café culture underpins these recipes, which draw on many influences; the first patisseries in Warsaw were opened by Italian and Swiss immigrants, and there are also borrowings from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Russia, Lithuania and Belarus. A new and delicious baking world is in your hands!\
Ren Behan
is an acclaimed food writer of Polish descent, who is inspired by both
her heritage and the fast changing food landscape in Poland. Her writing
and recipes are an exciting fusion of traditional and modern Eastern
European cuisine. An ex-lawyer who swapped the courtroom for the
kitchen, Ren is now a mother of three and writes for a number of
prominent online publications such as JamieOliver.com,
GreatBritishChefs.com and her own highly popular blog RenBehan.com. Her
Polish recipes have been featured in leading mainstream food magazines,
and she has been a judge at The Guild of Food Writers Awards. Whenever
time allows, Ren runs pop-up events that showcase the delicious flavors
of Polish food. This is her debut cook book.
