Smacznego!

Assembled by Wandzia Grycz Rose and Czesław Jan Grycz for their children and grandchildren, the 50 recipies, several recollections, explanations of symbols and traditions are a collection from experiences of the manner in which their parents celebrated the main feastdays and holydays of the Church calendar in the home in which they grew up. After being exiled from their homeland by the vagaries of war and politics, Władysława and Jan M. Grycz adopted the United States as their new home. Yet they conscientiously passed-on these Polish traditions so their children would not only know about, but feel and taste items from their Polish heritage. Happily, they both lived to see the day when Poland regained its freedom after the Solidarity movement. Władysława and Jan lived out the romantic aspirations of the Polish National Anthem: Jeszcze Polska nie zginęła, kiedy my żyjemy. Poland has not yet perished, so long as we still live. This collection is a celebration of their generous lives.