from Martha’s Home and My Home to Yours
March 10, 2010
Today, my magazine subscription to Martha Stewart Living arrived in the mail. Could you imagine my surprise to find Martha – Goddess of the Kitchen – professing her love of Pierogies? She (or her editor) described them with such passion:
“Everyone in our family was and still is crazy about these little boiled dumplings, concocted from a round of tender, plain dough. The half-moon shape is formed around a savory or sweet filing, carefully designed to delight the eater with a soft pillow of potato, a burst of sweet-tart blueberries, or a delicate apricot, pit removed and cavity filled with crunch Demerar sugar and unsalted butter.”
I’m getting hungry already! Anyhow, the article got me thinking about food and its nostalgia. It’s amazing how a smell or a single bite can bring you back to a specific moment of time. For me, the smells of cabbage, kielbasa and dough filled goodness take me back to my grandparents and their love of cooking together. I can remember sitting at the kitchen table, watching as they finely sliced cabbage and rolled out the dough for homemade noodles. The air filled with dinner’s warmth and of course, Polish banter.
As a marketing and advertising gal, it’s my goal to transcribe that feeling into People’s Pierogi Collective brand. Let’s hope I can do my grandmother’s kitchen proud!
