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While similar to the cuisines of Russia, Hungary, and Poland, Czech cooking is uniquely appealing, practical and elegant. This expanded edition includes 240 easy-to-prepare recipes and a guide to Czech aperitifs, wine, and beer. ... Read more

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The new and expanded edition of an ethnic culinary classic
This new and expanded edition of an ethnic culinary classic provides a solid and important introduction to a cuisine which all too rarely receives its own book outside of general European cooking. Three new chapters to this edition of Peter Trnka's Best Of Czech Cooking add focus on pork, mushrooms and drinks, while the remainder is filled with Czech basics. No photos, but the recipes are easy enough without them.

Real Czech cooking without pork? Unimaginable!
The major handicap of this book is the almost complete lack of pork dishes, so typical and essential in Bohemian and Moravian cooking. More or less authentic Czech sausages and hams may be hard to come by in the US,but is there a shortage of pork meat? So, the book misses a major part ofthe better dishes that Czech cooking has to offer. I would advise theeditors of Hippocrene Books to check the subjects in their publications alittle bit more carefully.

Best of Czech Cooking... Title Says It All...
If you want to eat Czech Food go no further than this book. Excellent,and Brings back memories of my travels to Czech. ... Read more

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Over 70 traditonal recipes from these rich historic cuisines, all shown in easy to follow step-by step pictures. ... Read more

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Recipes featuring the traditional kolache in its many variations plus other Eastern European sweet treats are included in over 100 recipes. ... Read more

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This inexpensive, index card size spiral-bound recipe bookfeatures over 100 Czech-American recipes. Makes a great gift or"stocking stuffer" for friends and relatives. ... Read more

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Czech recipes
This waas not as good as expected for recipes. My mother's book had better ones in it

This little book packs a lot of great recipes.
I grew up eating Czech food,which is why nobody has ever called me "skinny".But seriously, this is the food I grew up with prepared by my Grandma and all her friends.When you are Czech on both sides of the family you get a pretty good idea what's good Czech food and what isn't.This book is all about the "good stuff!"Don't judge this book by it's size.When it comes to good and genuine Czech food, it's huge!

Fine representation of Czech cuisine
I've raved about Penfield Books' spiral-bound cookbooks before and they have done it again with "Cherished Czech Recipes."I recommend these tiny treasures of culinary joy for two main reasons: They're affordable (at $6.95, you just cannot beat the price) and the recipes look and certainly taste authentic (even if you've never tasted that country's cuisine before in your life).As an added plus, the books aren't padded with extraneous culinary terminology that is more geared for experts and hardcore foodies.

From this volume, I made the Bohemian Rye Bread (but I took the chump's way out and substituted butter in place of the lard), the white bread, and the goulash.I've actually made the goulash twice and it turned out better the second time and is now one of my favorite dishes to make and eat (note: if you don't want to use catsup, try tomato sauce).

The most interesting part of the book for me was the cultural notes in the beginning, especially where the Czech settlements are in the U.S. that can be found on page 5.It was *very* interesting to know that any St. John Nepomuk churches are primarily Czech congregations, as there is such a church located in Philadelphia right around the corner from where my maternal grandfather used to live.

A very minor gripe I have with this offering is the twenty-plus pages of filler material in the back of the book.There were many blank pages labelled "Notes" as well as the lyrics to the Czech and Slovak national anthems and pages of Czech proverbs.Surely there must be more interesting and tasty recipes to have included here.

But, in all, Penfield's cookbooks are among the best around.Very rarely will they miss the boat on a particular cuisine.Their books are definitely worth the investment and this volume is no exception.- Donna Di Giacomo

Czech Foods
This is a neat little volume that contains several of the old recipes which had been alluding me for years.
Easy to understand and follow directions. Small enough to keep handy in a kitchen drawer.
Provides a window into the kitchen culture of eastern Europe.

Good
Thank you. A great cookbook, I wish it was bigger andhad more recipes. Thank you again. ... Read more

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Daughter of Czech parents, the author, Mary Stretton, spoke Czech before she spoke English. The idea for this book was fueled by Stretton's interest in her Czech origins, her mother's tasty traditional Bohemian cooking, and stories of life in the Old Country. ... Read more

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Beer Tourism
The Czech Republic is arguably the best beer country on Earth, although the USA has a bit to offer as well.The great thing about both Prague and the Czech Republic is that they are easy to get around.Prague can be covered on foot and by mass transit, and the rest of the country is accessible in a matter of hours by train, bus or car.

Evan Rail lives in Prague and devoted many months to visiting almost all of the country's breweries and a select number of Prague pubs.I have used his book to plan several day trips from Prague, and think it would be a great resource for planning an all-beer vacation as well. ... Read more

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Dedicated to the Czechs in America, this book contains scoresof Czech recipes, lists Czech festival dates and sites, and givesbrief info about Czech folk arts and history. ... Read more

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On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on machinery for making hot drinks or for cooking or heating foods in Czech Republic face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying machinery for making hot drinks or for cooking or heating foods to Czech Republic? How important is Czech Republic compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of machinery for making hot drinks or for cooking or heating foods vary from one country of origin to another in Czech Republic? On the supply side, Czech Republic also exports machinery for making hot drinks or for cooking or heating foods. Which countries receive the most exports from Czech Republic? How are these exports concentrated across buyers? What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?

This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for machinery for making hot drinks or for cooking or heating foods in Czech Republic. With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view. Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact. I have developed a methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for machinery for making hot drinks or for cooking or heating foods for those countries serving Czech Republic via exports, or supplying from Czech Republic via imports. It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models.

In what follows, Chapter 2 begins by summarizing where Czech Republic fits into the world market for imported and exported machinery for making hot drinks or for cooking or heating foods. The total level of imports and exports on a worldwide basis, and those for Czech Republic in particular, is estimated using a model which aggregates across over 150 key country markets and projects these to the current year. From there, each country represents a percent of the world market. This market is served from a number of competitive countries of origin. Based on both demand- and supply-side dynamics, market shares by country of origin are then calculated across each country market destination. These shares lead to a volume of import and export values for each country and are aggregated to regional and world totals. In doing so, we are able to obtain maximum likelihood estimates of both the value of each market and the share that Czech Republic is likely to receive this year. From these figures, rankings are calculated to allow managers to prioritize Czech Republic compared to other major country markets. In this way, all the figures provided in this report are forecasts that can be combined with internal information sources for strategic planning purposes. ... Read more

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On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on electric ovens, cookers, cooking plates, boiling rings, grillers, and roasters in Czech Republic face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying electric ovens, cookers, cooking plates, boiling rings, grillers, and roasters to Czech Republic? How important is Czech Republic compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of electric ovens, cookers, cooking plates, boiling rings, grillers, and roasters vary from one country of origin to another in Czech Republic? On the supply side, Czech Republic also exports electric ovens, cookers, cooking plates, boiling rings, grillers, and roasters. Which countries receive the most exports from Czech Republic? How are these exports concentrated across buyers? What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?

This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for electric ovens, cookers, cooking plates, boiling rings, grillers, and roasters in Czech Republic. With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view. Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact. I have developed a methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for electric ovens, cookers, cooking plates, boiling rings, grillers, and roasters for those countries serving Czech Republic via exports, or supplying from Czech Republic via imports. It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models.

In what follows, Chapter 2 begins by summarizing where Czech Republic fits into the world market for imported and exported electric ovens, cookers, cooking plates, boiling rings, grillers, and roasters. The total level of imports and exports on a worldwide basis, and those for Czech Republic in particular, is estimated using a model which aggregates across over 150 key country markets and projects these to the current year. From there, each country represents a percent of the world market. This market is served from a number of competitive countries of origin. Based on both demand- and supply-side dynamics, market shares by country of origin are then calculated across each country market destination. These shares lead to a volume of import and export values for each country and are aggregated to regional and world totals. In doing so, we are able to obtain maximum likelihood estimates of both the value of each market and the share that Czech Republic is likely to receive this year. From these figures, rankings are calculated to allow managers to prioritize Czech Republic compared to other major country markets. In this way, all the figures provided in this report are forecasts that can be combined with internal information sources for strategic planning purposes. ... Read more

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On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on machinery for making hot drinks or for cooking or heating foods in Czech Republic face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying machinery for making hot drinks or for cooking or heating foods to Czech Republic? How important is Czech Republic compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of machinery for making hot drinks or for cooking or heating foods vary from one country of origin to another in Czech Republic? On the supply side, Czech Republic also exports machinery for making hot drinks or for cooking or heating foods. Which countries receive the most exports from Czech Republic? How are these exports concentrated across buyers? What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for machinery for making hot drinks or for cooking or heating foods in Czech Republic. With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view. Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact. I have developed a methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for machinery for making hot drinks or for cooking or heating foods for those countries serving Czech Republic via exports, or supplying from Czech Republic via imports. It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models.In what follows, Chapter 2 begins by summarizing where Czech Republic fits into the world market for imported and exported machinery for making hot drinks or for cooking or heating foods. The total level of imports and exports on a worldwide basis, and those for Czech Republic in particular, is estimated using a model which aggregates across over 150 key country markets and projects these to the current year. From there, each country represents a percent of the world market. This market is served from a number of competitive countries of origin. Based on both demand- and supply-side dynamics, market shares by country of origin are then calculated across each country market destination. These shares lead to a volume of import and export values for each country and are aggregated to regional and world totals. In doing so, we are able to obtain maximum likelihood estimates of both the value of each market and the share that Czech Republic is likely to receive this year. From these figures, rankings are calculated to allow managers to prioritize Czech Republic compared to other major country markets. In this way, all the figures provided in this report are forecasts that can be combined with internal information sources for strategic planning purposes. ... Read more

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On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on electric ovens, cookers, cooking plates, boiling rings, grillers, and roasters in Czech Republic face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying electric ovens, cookers, cooking plates, boiling rings, grillers, and roasters to Czech Republic? How important is Czech Republic compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of electric ovens, cookers, cooking plates, boiling rings, grillers, and roasters vary from one country of origin to another in Czech Republic? On the supply side, Czech Republic also exports electric ovens, cookers, cooking plates, boiling rings, grillers, and roasters. Which countries receive the most exports from Czech Republic? How are these exports concentrated across buyers? What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for electric ovens, cookers, cooking plates, boiling rings, grillers, and roasters in Czech Republic. With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view. Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact. I have developed a methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for electric ovens, cookers, cooking plates, boiling rings, grillers, and roasters for those countries serving Czech Republic via exports, or supplying from Czech Republic via imports. It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models.In what follows, Chapter 2 begins by summarizing where Czech Republic fits into the world market for imported and exported electric ovens, cookers, cooking plates, boiling rings, grillers, and roasters. The total level of imports and exports on a worldwide basis, and those for Czech Republic in particular, is estimated using a model which aggregates across over 150 key country markets and projects these to the current year. From there, each country represents a percent of the world market. This market is served from a number of competitive countries of origin. Based on both demand- and supply-side dynamics, market shares by country of origin are then calculated across each country market destination. These shares lead to a volume of import and export values for each country and are aggregated to regional and world totals. In doing so, we are able to obtain maximum likelihood estimates of both the value of each market and the share that Czech Republic is likely to receive this year. From these figures, rankings are calculated to allow managers to prioritize Czech Republic compared to other major country markets. In this way, all the figures provided in this report are forecasts that can be combined with internal information sources for strategic planning purposes. ... Read more

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On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on iron or steel parts of domestic non-electric cooking appliances and heaters in Czech Republic face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying iron or steel parts of domestic non-electric cooking appliances and heaters to Czech Republic? How important is Czech Republic compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of iron or steel parts of domestic non-electric cooking appliances and heaters vary from one country of origin to another in Czech Republic? On the supply side, Czech Republic also exports iron or steel parts of domestic non-electric cooking appliances and heaters. Which countries receive the most exports from Czech Republic? How are these exports concentrated across buyers? What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?

This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for iron or steel parts of domestic non-electric cooking appliances and heaters in Czech Republic. With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view. Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact. I have developed a methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for iron or steel parts of domestic non-electric cooking appliances and heaters for those countries serving Czech Republic via exports, or supplying from Czech Republic via imports. It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models.

In what follows, Chapter 2 begins by summarizing where Czech Republic fits into the world market for imported and exported iron or steel parts of domestic non-electric cooking appliances and heaters. The total level of imports and exports on a worldwide basis, and those for Czech Republic in particular, is estimated using a model which aggregates across over 150 key country markets and projects these to the current year. From there, each country represents a percent of the world market. This market is served from a number of competitive countries of origin. Based on both demand- and supply-side dynamics, market shares by country of origin are then calculated across each country market destination. These shares lead to a volume of import and export values for each country and are aggregated to regional and world totals. In doing so, we are able to obtain maximum likelihood estimates of both the value of each market and the share that Czech Republic is likely to receive this year. From these figures, rankings are calculated to allow managers to prioritize Czech Republic compared to other major country markets. In this way, all the figures provided in this report are forecasts that can be combined with internal information sources for strategic planning purposes. ... Read more

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culinary
I am very pleased with the purchase of my Time - Life book. The condition and complete package as listed is perfect.

This cookbook is a keeper!
From the famous Time-Life series, includes dishes from soup to dessert. Some of the recipes are: Cold sour cherry soup, liver dumplings, fish Dalmation style, Anchovy butter sauce, Hunter's stew, Transylvanian goulash (Okay, where's my copy of Dracula?), Lemon and sour cream salad dressing, and of course desserts like Emperor's pancake, Chocolate cream slices, and Spanish Wind cake.
With spiral binding, to lay perfectly flat. Yum. ... Read more

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On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners focusing on non-electric domestic cooking or heating equipment of iron or steel in Czech Republic face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying non-electric domestic cooking or heating equipment of iron or steel to Czech Republic? How important is Czech Republic compared to others in terms of the entire global and regional market? How much do the imports of non-electric domestic cooking or heating equipment of iron or steel vary from one country of origin to another in Czech Republic? On the supply side, Czech Republic also exports non-electric domestic cooking or heating equipment of iron or steel. Which countries receive the most exports from Czech Republic? How are these exports concentrated across buyers? What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?

This report was created for strategic planners, international marketing executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for non-electric domestic cooking or heating equipment of iron or steel in Czech Republic. With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view. Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics which appear several years after the fact. I have developed a methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for non-electric domestic cooking or heating equipment of iron or steel for those countries serving Czech Republic via exports, or supplying from Czech Republic via imports. It does so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models.

In what follows, Chapter 2 begins by summarizing where Czech Republic fits into the world market for imported and exported non-electric domestic cooking or heating equipment of iron or steel. The total level of imports and exports on a worldwide basis, and those for Czech Republic in particular, is estimated using a model which aggregates across over 150 key country markets and projects these to the current year. From there, each country represents a percent of the world market. This market is served from a number of competitive countries of origin. Based on both demand- and supply-side dynamics, market shares by country of origin are then calculated across each country market destination. These shares lead to a volume of import and export values for each country and are aggregated to regional and world totals. In doing so, we are able to obtain maximum likelihood estimates of both the value of each market and the share that Czech Republic is likely to receive this year. From these figures, rankings are calculated to allow managers to prioritize Czech Republic compared to other major country markets. In this way, all the figures provided in this report are forecasts that can be combined with internal information sources for strategic planning purposes. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Countries and Their Cultures, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 5575 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Covers the broad range of popular religious culture of the United States at the close of the twentieth century. Beliefs, practices, symbols, traditions, movements, organizations, and leaders from the many traditions in the pluralistic American community are represented. Also includes cults and phenomena that drew followers, such as Heaven's Gale and UFOs. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Foods and Recipes of the World, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 1226 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Provides comprehensive coverage of the foods and recipes of approximately 75 cultural groups from more than 60 countries. Entries provide 10-15 recipes for each group and include data on the agriculture and dietary habits of each group as well as an overview of each group's nutrition and health. ... Read more

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Mushroom hunting in the old countries is a popular activity. When the Czech and Slovak immigrants cam to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and other states with woodlands, they naturally explored for mushrooms. The recipes in this little book reflect the culinary traditions of the people.This book contains appetizers, main entrees, soups, salads, egg dishes, sautees, sauces, and spreads. There are many old-fashioned recipes cherished by the immigrant and other adapted to the New World. ... Read more

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Low-Quality Midwestern Mushroom Recipes
The above would have been a far more fitting title for this collection. The title gives one the impression that this is a book of recipes from Czech and Slovak immigrants who brought over mushroom recipes from the old country. This is in fact a collection of recipes from Americans of Czech descent (predominantly from the Midwest - 72 of the 97 recipes are from contributors living in Iowa, and only 9 from contributors living in East- or West-Coast states), probably several generations removed from the old country, and having seemingly no knowledge of Czech cuisine - certainly almost none of the recipes here show any basis in the cuisines of Eastern or Central Europe at all, beyond the occasional use of sour cream!

As for "quality", most of these recipes remind me of the kind of the kind of things you'd find in a 1950's "Better Homes and Gardens" cookbook - numerous recipes for casseroles and meatloaf, stuffed mushrooms, pallid versions of Asian and French dishes, etc. Many recipes call specifically very low-quality ingredients, for example, a quiche recipe that calls for Velveeta cheese! The recipes here seem to have been compiled in 1959, not 1999. The vast improvements and innovations that have taken place in American cooking over the last 30 years seem to have largely passed by the contributors to this collection. Even the better recipes here (such as Pork Loin with Three-Mushroom Sauce) are recipes any knowledgeable cook could adapt out of "The Joy of Cooking".

My recommendation if one is looking for Czech mushroom recipes is to pick up Jack Czarnecki's "Joe's Book of Mushroom Cookery" and try some of the Czech-inspired recipes found there, or pick up a good Czech/Slovak cookbook and adapt recipes found there to dishes featuring various kinds of mushrooms.

Mushroom Hunting and Recipes
Mushroom hunting in the old countries is a popular activity. When the Czech and Slovak immigrants came to Cedar Rapids, Iowa and other states with woodlands, they naturally explored for mushrooms.The recipes in this little book reflect the culinary traditions of the people.

This book contains appetizers, main entrées, soups, salads, egg dishes, sautés, sauces, and spreads. There are many old fashioned recipes cherished by the immigrants and others adapted to the New World.

Recipe contributors come from Eastern Iowa and other states as well. The Guild of the Museum was founded by Charter Members Mae Novotny, Sylvia Rohlena, Marjorie Stone, Patricia Hikiji and Evelyn Lamparek, all from the Cedar Rapids area. The non-profit museum was dedicated in October 1995. Its purpose is to promote an active interest in Czech and Slovak history, culture and fine arts.The activities, programs, and other educational opportunities offered by the Museum & Library are consistent with the mission of protecting an Old World heritage.

Cedar Rapids area Guild Members Barbara Edmunds, Fern Fackler and Marilyn Tucker along with Cynthia Tucker Shaffer of Burke, Virginia were essential in the book's development. Melinda Bradnan, editor, used recipes from her mother-in-law Marion of Cleveland, Ohio, reflecting her Slovak heritage. Roger Mather of Iowa City contributed a poem about mushrooms. ... Read more