tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post1540906136220897161..comments2024-03-25T22:59:30.053+00:00Comments on Desperate Reader: Polska - Zuza Zak Desperate Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-10120181539218945322016-07-19T22:07:14.263+01:002016-07-19T22:07:14.263+01:00I think recovery is the key word. In some ways the...I think recovery is the key word. In some ways these books do feel like part of a healing process, as well as being full of delicious things. I remember reading about how in Hungary they had to re learn how to make tokaji as under the soviets the technique/knowledge had been lost. It's one of the worlds legendary wines, as well as one of its great pleasures, and yet we almost lost it in a generation. It's a humbling thought. Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-21984604093326886502016-07-19T08:39:51.520+01:002016-07-19T08:39:51.520+01:00Claire (The Captive Reader) has left a new comment...Claire (The Captive Reader) has left a new comment on your post "Polska - Zuza Zak": <br /><br />Sounds wonderful. I'm really enjoying the releases of so many Central and Eastern European cookbooks, not least because it is the sort of food that makes me think of home and family. Lots of culinary traditions were lost during the communist years (certainly in my family, where the combination of bad food supply and full-time work made my grandmother hate everything to do with cooking) so its wonderful to see - and benefit from - them being recovered now. <br />Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.com