Anna D. Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann is Distinguished Professor of History and CSU Professor Emerita at Eastern Connecticut State University. She is the author of The Exile Mission: The Polish Political Diaspora and Polish Americans, 1939–1956 (2004) and The Polish Hearst: Ameryka-Echo and the Public Role of the Immigrant Press (2015) and coeditor of Polish American Voices: A Documentary History, 1608–2020 (2024), among other books. Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann is editor in chief of the journal Polish American Studies and past president of the Polish American Historical Association.

• Why Pierogi? An Introduction1. Inventing Pierogi: Or, Old Poland and Its Cuisine2. Searching for Pierogi: Or, Coming Apart and Coming Together3. Migrating Pierogi: Or, Polish Immigrants and Their Food4. Reforming Pierogi: Or, Americans and Polish Immigrants5. Writing Pierogi: Or, Early Polish American Cookbooks6. Reading Pierogi: Or, Food in Prosperity and Hardship7. Remembering Pierogi: Or, The Times of War8. Validating Pierogi: Or, Politics and Change9. Promoting Pierogi: Or, What Polonia Cooks Now10. Sharing Pierogi: Or, Making Food and Eating It Together11. Selling Pierogi: Or, Food Entrepreneurs and Fusion12. Wearing Pierogi: Or, Symbols of EthnicityAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex

This is a richly imagined history of Polish food, with a focus on its evolution in the United States. It is written in a highly accessible style, deftly interweaving the author’s memories and experiences in Poland and the United States with a social, political, and cultural history of Polish culinary culture from the earliest sources to the present.

Anna D. Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann is Distinguished Professor of History and CSU Professor Emerita at Eastern Connecticut State University. She is the author of The Exile Mission: The Polish Political Diaspora and Polish Americans, 1939–1956 (2004) and The Polish Hearst: Ameryka-Echo and the Public Role of the Immigrant Press (2015) and coeditor of Polish American Voices: A Documentary History, 1608–2020 (2024), among other books. Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann is editor in chief of the journal Polish American Studies and past president of the Polish American Historical Association.

• Why Pierogi? An Introduction1. Inventing Pierogi: Or, Old Poland and Its Cuisine2. Searching for Pierogi: Or, Coming Apart and Coming Together3. Migrating Pierogi: Or, Polish Immigrants and Their Food4. Reforming Pierogi: Or, Americans and Polish Immigrants5. Writing Pierogi: Or, Early Polish American Cookbooks6. Reading Pierogi: Or, Food in Prosperity and Hardship7. Remembering Pierogi: Or, The Times of War8. Validating Pierogi: Or, Politics and Change9. Promoting Pierogi: Or, What Polonia Cooks Now10. Sharing Pierogi: Or, Making Food and Eating It Together11. Selling Pierogi: Or, Food Entrepreneurs and Fusion12. Wearing Pierogi: Or, Symbols of EthnicityAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex

This is a richly imagined history of Polish food, with a focus on its evolution in the United States. It is written in a highly accessible style, deftly interweaving the author’s memories and experiences in Poland and the United States with a social, political, and cultural history of Polish culinary culture from the earliest sources to the present.

Anna D. Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann is Distinguished Professor of History and CSU Professor Emerita at Eastern Connecticut State University. She is the author of The Exile Mission: The Polish Political Diaspora and Polish Americans, 1939–1956 (2004) and The Polish Hearst: Ameryka-Echo and the Public Role of the Immigrant Press (2015) and coeditor of Polish American Voices: A Documentary History, 1608–2020 (2024), among other books. Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann is editor in chief of the journal Polish American Studies and past president of the Polish American Historical Association.

• Why Pierogi? An Introduction1. Inventing Pierogi: Or, Old Poland and Its Cuisine2. Searching for Pierogi: Or, Coming Apart and Coming Together3. Migrating Pierogi: Or, Polish Immigrants and Their Food4. Reforming Pierogi: Or, Americans and Polish Immigrants5. Writing Pierogi: Or, Early Polish American Cookbooks6. Reading Pierogi: Or, Food in Prosperity and Hardship7. Remembering Pierogi: Or, The Times of War8. Validating Pierogi: Or, Politics and Change9. Promoting Pierogi: Or, What Polonia Cooks Now10. Sharing Pierogi: Or, Making Food and Eating It Together11. Selling Pierogi: Or, Food Entrepreneurs and Fusion12. Wearing Pierogi: Or, Symbols of EthnicityAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex

This is a richly imagined history of Polish food, with a focus on its evolution in the United States. It is written in a highly accessible style, deftly interweaving the author’s memories and experiences in Poland and the United States with a social, political, and cultural history of Polish culinary culture from the earliest sources to the present.