LITTLE ROCK — Babka is a big part of my childhood memories. If you don’t know what babka is, I guess the best way to describe it is a very spongy, briochelike yeast cake. It’s sweet and usually has a ...

MINERSVILLE — When the smoke from World War II cleared over Poland, there was virtually nothing left of Katherine Pehlivan’s grandparents’ possessions. The one thing that survived was her ...

Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia translates to “Merry Christmas” in Polish. During my lifetime, Polish Christmases have of course always been filled with religious piety and joy, but my most memorable ...

Variations of Poland’s most traditional Easter cake, the babka, which means “grandmother” in Polish, are baked worldwide. This rich yeast loaf is called a kulich in Russia and paska in the Ukraine ...

Got a craving for rainbow cookies, salt-soured pickled rye, Polish babka, honey cake? Sometimes a special bread or sweet can brighten up even the darkest day. All of the following bakeries were open ...

In recent months, a homey Eastern European dessert has been garnering the sort of hysterical enthusiasm Instagramming diners typically reserve for Dominique Ansel’s cronuts, or the candy-colored ...