What's Cooking: Early Polish American Cookbooks and What They Tell Us about Polonia

Everyone is invited to participate in the upcoming Polish Heritage Center’s virtual (Zoom) program and presentation in honor of Women's History Month!

Presented by Dr. Anna D. Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann Dr. Anna D. Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann is Distinguished Professor of History and the CSU Professor in the Department of History at Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic, CT. She received her MA in history from the Marie Curie Sklodowska University in Lublin, Poland, and her Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota.

She published The Exile Mission: Polish Political Diaspora and Polish Americans, 1939-1956 (Ohio University Press, 2004); Letters from Readers in the Polish American Press, 1902-1969: A Corner for Everybody (Lexington Books, 2014); The Polish Hearst: Ameryka-Echo and the Public Role of the Immigrant Press (University of Illinois Press, 2015), as well as numerous articles on various aspects of the Polish American experience. Kirchmann is past president of the Polish American Historical Association, and serves as Editor-in-Chief of the journal Polish American Studies. Her current research centers on the history of Polish American food ways.

To join the virtual (Zoom) event the day of click or copy and paste in your browser:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85049382929?pwd=OEliQmNIb2dqTjl3MFZHQXFYUEdkQT09

Everyone is encouraged to share their recipes and cookbooks during the event and/or by email to angelicad@polishheritagecentertx.org and/or in comments under the March 9th program flyer post on our PHC Facebook page https://facebook.com/polishheritagecentertx and visit our website for information. Please SHARE widely with your friends, family, and community organizations!

Many thanks to the Office of the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Houston and the Polish American Council of Texas (PACT) for their generous support of the educational program!

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