Pierogi Love: New Takes on an Old-World Comfort Food

Our favorite recipe from this cookbook is the crabcake pierogi. I've made it several times now and its always a favorite. I boil them and do a quick sautee in butter and onions. I don't bother with the secondary coating and frying. It's probably great and perhaps one of these days I will, but right now we are happy stopping halfway through!

Being from Pittsburgh myself and a pierogi lover, once I saw the dedication "To Pittsburgh, which always has my heart", I knew I had to get this book. I got one for myself and one for my sister as a Christmas gift.I've only made one recipe so far from the book (the potato and cheddar filled). I had tried my hand at making pierogies years ago from some old recipes, but they would fall apart in the water. When I followed the directions in this book they came out great, and not one fell apart. The directions and notes in this book are detailed and helpful for a quality end result. Looking forward to trying some other of the recipes.A couple notes when making the recipes:-Have a large chunk of time - this one batch took me most of the afternoon from start to finish, but I was enjoying the process...-Add salt to taste for the filling (mine was too salty after following the recipe)Regarding the gift copy, my sister wrote to me: "VERY MUCH looking forward to trying all the really, really cool pierogi recipes. That book is awesome!! Thanks again!" So I'd say she likes it too :)

I'm a native burg-er love perogies, but hate the potato ones.. This is a wonderful mix of non tradtional. I have bought FIVE of these books after testing a recipe, one for me and gifting 4 of my Pittsburgh and pierogi loving friends. I put them in this book sleeve I made with wonderful Pittsburgh fabric. I added a pierogi press... Call that holiday gift DONE

This book is amazing! I was trying to cobble together different recipes online and gave up and bought this book out of frustration. It is perfect and easy to understand. I made 80+ pirogies during my first trial run, and my taste tester said they were even better than my Lithuanian great-grandmother’s. Success!

Amazing!!! I’ve bought a lot of cookbooks but this is by far the one I will use the most. Very well written and wonderful recipes I can’t wait to try. The ones I have tried were wonderful

I like most cookbooks but this one is just plain ridiculous. Falafel pierogi?! Really? The recipes are outrageous, sound pretty awful and are not recipes I would ever try. It’s like trying to stuff pizza into a pierogi. No. Just no.

This author really speaks to me as a fellow native of the Pittsburgh area. There are many creative recipes!

This is a wonderful book, a ton of fun and easy to use. Anyone who doesn't love dumplings of some sort is not a proper Homo sapiens, and the pierogi is one of the best. As Casey illustrates, you can basically make the pierogi your own by filling it with... whatever. And she does. I am especially fond of her braised short rib pierogis, which I made with venison.Best part of the book: Her master recipes for the dough. Memorize these and you are off to the races with whatever filling suits your fancy.Regret: I wish she had more traditional pierogi recipes. I know the focus of the book is on a modern take (thus the title), but as this is likely to be the best pierogi book you'll ever buy, I would have welcomed a few more old favorites.Regardless, this is a worthy addition to your cookbook collection.

What an amazing book! My mother taught me to make pierogi and I have passed this on to my sons. However, we never dreamed of so many variations! I am going to buy them a copy each of this brilliant book. It contains recipes for the traditional, much loved varieties but also adds some exciting new ideas, fusing traditional Polish with flavours of other nations. Lovely illustrations throughout!

Mmm pierogies! How can you go wrong? Lots of interesting recipes. Definitely an intesting read for anyone looking for a new twist on the classic meal.

Can't wait to try to cook them all !!! Very creative!!