Polish Easter Feast
Easter in Poland is the most important holiday, even more, important than Christmas. The entire week before Easter is called Holy Week, and during that time there are a lot of things going on here. 40 something years ago I was born on Palm Sunday / you aren't just lazy-you is super lazy : ) and I always go to the church around this time with my palm. Some of the villages and small towns organize Holy Palm competitions. The most special one takes place in Lipnica Murowana, a beautiful village located next to Nowy Wiśnicz where I went to Art School. On Saturday in the morning, we hard boil eggs and dye them with brilliant colors and engraving patterns on them. Probably one of the most enduring and beloved Polish traditions on Holy Saturday is blessing the food that will be eaten during the Easter feast. In front of the church, a priest blesses food brought by locals by sprinkling holy water waving incense over baskets with small amounts of the most important food like eggs, bread, meat and butter, salt, horseradish. It’s a very important tradition in Polish culture so you can often spot entire families participating in it. Next day on Holy Sunday morning you are prepared for a BIG, traditional, family breakfast/brunch. After the breakfast is finished, people take a walk and enjoy the rest of the day and more food later on : ) To Poles, the holiest of all food is bread. Often when cutting into a loaf, the knife is maneuvered so as to make the Sign of the Cross. When the bread is dropped to the floor (a sacrilege), the loaf is often kissed when picked up. On Wet Monday we celebrate Smigus-Dyngus, with is a lot of fun! Watch out for water being thrown by passers-by!
About Marta
For the last 12 years, I have been teaching people how to cook delicious food at my home, and I also run food workshops such as the Pierogi Power Workshop, Fermentation Workshop and more. Recently I was the host of a big food event for The Krakow Pierogi Festival and Harvest Festival. (I also appear...
For the last 12 years, I have been teaching people how to cook delicious food at my home, and I also run food workshops such as the Pierogi Power Workshop, Fermentation Workshop and more. Recently I was the host of a big food event for The Krakow Pierogi Festival and Harvest Festival. (I also appear regularly on TV and radio as a guest, discussing subjects related to home cooking, the sharing economy and food tech.) I’ve always enjoyed sharing my knowledge of my beautiful hometown, and more about the art of Polish cuisine, both through the website and with all the wonderful travellers I meet in person.My grandmother and my mother were great cooks. That means delicious, home-made food freshly-prepared.Restaurants are great, but sometimes it seems it would be better to enjoy a home-cooked meal with someone who can also tell me a bit more about their experiences, their lives and their cities. So, I’ve decided to do exactly that. I cook for up to 14 people at my home in Krakow and you’re invited. Please join me!
Reviews
We always try to do a cooking class when we travel to Europe, delighting in learning to cook the specialties from the country we are visiting. They are usually one of the top highlights of our trips. Marta’s Pierogi cooking class was definitely a top highlight of our trip to Poland and one of the...
We always try to do a cooking class when we travel to Europe, delighting in learning to cook the specialties from the country we are visiting. They are usually one of the top highlights of our trips. Marta’s Pierogi cooking class was definitely a top highlight of our trip to Poland and one of the best cooking classes we have done. There were only six of us, which made it an intimate experience. Marta welcomed us as if we were family. Her love of cooking and love of Krakow was so evident and contagious. After making our Pierogi, we enjoyed a delicious meal of salad, our pierogi master pieces and sausages. We then delighted in Marta’s fabulous cheesecake with salted caramel sauce. The entire experience was perfect!
Fantastic experience with an experienced chef. The whole meal was delicious.
Wonderful time!
It was a great experience. The food we made and the food Marta made was delicious. We would recommend this place to everyone who likes to try cooking from another culture.
We went today to the Pierogi Power Cooking Class with Marta in Krakow, and it was absolutely perfect ❤️ Marta is lovely, warm and welcoming, and the whole experience takes place in her home in a very special and cozy atmosphere. We learned how to make pierogi completely from scratch, including the...
We went today to the Pierogi Power Cooking Class with Marta in Krakow, and it was absolutely perfect ❤️
Marta is lovely, warm and welcoming, and the whole experience takes place in her home in a very special and cozy atmosphere.
We learned how to make pierogi completely from scratch, including the dough and fillings, and at the end we sat down for a full meal, not just a tasting. Everything was delicious, generous and beautifully prepared.
It was one of the best experiences of our trip to Krakow, both a fun activity and a wonderful meal.
Highly recommended, definitely not to be missed ❤️🥟
A very good and heartwarming cooking class. Can really recommend for others.
