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From a Polish Country House Kitchen

December 9, 2021 Filed Under: Recipes, Upcoming Box

Co-authored by Anne Applebaum, Jennifer’s childhood playmate, our final Classic Narrative Provisions boxes and Supper Kits of 2021 combine traditional Polish comfort food with a festive twist.

Landing on doorsteps December 18th & 19th

Order deadline 5p, Monday December 13th

Classic Narrative Provisions Boxes have Returned! As in the past our boxes are inspired by the theme of the week — with ingredients, creative suggestions, and 2-4 recipes based on the featured cookbook, culinary creative, or holiday.

Upcoming Featured Recipes:

Klingeman Farm pork sirloin roast with Prunes

Pierogis with Coleslaw

Mushrooms with Bub & Grandma’s Seeded Bread.

Scroll down for details.

We admit: We are unlikely cookbook writers. I’m a columnist and a historian, born in Washington, but now living in London; my friend Danielle is also a journalist, based in Washington. We’ve also picked an unlikely topic.

While writing From a Polish Country House Kitchen, we were often teased: “How many recipes can you get out of boiled potatoes?” Unfortunately for many of us, including even the millions of North Americans with Polish ancestry, the very term “Polish cooking” conjures up a vision of heavy, greasy dishes, the food of exile and poverty.

But as I’ve known for a long time – ever since my husband and I restored an old house in the Polish countryside, twenty years ago – Polish cuisine is long overdue for a reputational revival. Traditional cooking has always been based on fresh vegetables and meat which is organic because it has been raised in someone’s garden – and it has always included aromatic soups, flavorsome game, and crisp chopped salads.

In recent years, creative chefs have also begun to experiment with new versions of traditional dishes, from herring tartare to pierogi as exotic as the dim sum of Hong Kong. Our cookbook is meant to impart the flavors of the traditional cooking and the taste of the more exotic innovations – with, of course, an American twist that we bring ourselves. We hope you come to enjoy these dishes as much as we do.

Anne Applebaum

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Anne Applebaum in the greenhouse of her Polish countryhouse.
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In her mid-fifties, Cindy Callahan left a career in nursing to begin tending sheep and raising lambs initially used for brush and grass control. Following the suggestion of a friend to milk the sheep turned her on to the potential of running a sheep dairy farm. To this day Cindy assists in the delivery of nearly every lamb on their farm. Using traditional methods studied by visiting cheese makers in Italy, Cindy’s son Liam makes every pound of cheese produced by Bellwether Farms.
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Rancho Llano Seco pigs are a cross of Duroc, Yorkshire and Landrace breeds. Their hogs are fed GMO-free vegetarian grains and legumes, 75% of which are grown on the dry-land fields within a few miles of Rancho Llano Seco's barns. Pigs are confinement-free, raised in deep-bedded hoop barns with continual access to large open air paddocks with plenty of sunshine and a great view of the California Buttes. The pigs are a “zero-waste” community, as all bedding is composted and applied to Rancho pastures.
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Emma Zimmerman, co-owner of Hayden Flour Mills.
Narrative Provisions Box (Omnivore)
Narrative Provisions Box (Vegetarian)

Featured Recipes:

Klingeman Farm pork sirloin roast with Prunes

Pierogis (omnivore and vegetarian options) with Coleslaw

Mushrooms with Bub & Grandma’s Seeded Bread

Featured Ingredients:

Pasture-Raised Meat  (Omnivore Only)*:

  • Klingeman Farm pork sirloin roast 
  • Stemple Creek ground beef

Dairy, Pantry & More!

  • Alexandre Family Farm eggs
  • orange juice
  • 4th & Heart ghee
  • Hayden Flour Mills all-purpose flour
  • Morning Glory prunes
  • Organic Valley sour cream
  • Bellwether ricotta 

Locally sourced & fair-trade produce:

Marjoram, dill, lettuce, green cabbage, green beans, crimini mushrooms, garlic, white onion, russet potatoes, celery root, red potatoes, carrots, lemon, green apple, tangerines, and kiwi!

*Not included in Vegetarian. 

Check your pantry for vegetable oil, salt, pepper, yogurt. 

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Sunday Supper Kit

Pork with Prunes, featuring:

  • Rancho Llano Seco pork
  • Morning Glory prunes
  • and locally sourced produce (garlic, marjoram, celery root, dill, and greenbeans)

Check your pantry for sea salt, pepper, and extra virgin olive oil. 

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Vegetarian Supper

Vegetarian Pierogis with Coleslaw, featuring:

  • Hayden Flour Mills all-purpose flour
  • 4th & Heart ghee
  • Organic Valley sour cream
  • Bellwether ricotta
  • and locally sourced produce (red potatoes, crimini mushrooms, white onion, carrots, green cabbage, green apple, and lemon)

Check your pantry for salt,  pepper and extra virgin olive oil. 

For nights tight on time…

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Weeknight Supper Kit

Twice-Cooked Mushrooms with Bub & Grandma’s Seeded Bread, featuring:

  • Bub & Grandma’s seeded bread
  • Organic Valley sour cream
  • Sierra Nevada butter
  • dried mushrooms
  • and locally sourced produce (mushrooms, onion, and dill)

Check your pantry for oil, salt, and pepper. 

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