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New Book About Immigrant Rusyn Life! Eternal Memory by Ann Walko.

Ann Walko

They Came With a Dream It isn't often that a story touches us as much as Ann Walko's . This lovely ninety-one-year old woman shares her precious gift for storytelling in this memoir of her family's immigration from Slovakia to America. Ann's family arived in the United States gripping huge capetbags filled with precious heirlooms. Their hearts were brimming with hope of a new and better life in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where the coal mines, railroads, and steel mills were in full swing. Although they quickly found employment, the family soon discovered a world of prejudice and humiliating poverty. Despite the tough times, they overcame every obstacle to become a vital part of the brave pioneers who made our country great. The book also contains recipes from the old country such as Zapraska, Beans and Lechki, Pirohy, Holubki, and Bobalky. Paperback non-fiction. 5 1/4 x 8 1/4. 182 pages.

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COOKBOOK We are proud of our East Central European heritage and are privileged to offer another special window into the past: Slovenske Jedlo and Pennsylvania Slovak Soul Food by Julianna Romanova & Pavel Bencko-Maras

This is a collection of authentic Carpathian/Slovak recipes. There are 137 pages of tried, true and tested Pennsylvania Mining Town/Depression Days recipes that were served for everyday as well as for holidays. Also a few other favorites. The authors were first generation, born of Carpathian/Slovak parents who served these meals, and ultimately passed down these time-honored, tested everyday recipes, which finally and possibly for the first time have been available in print in such a variety of foods. The 137 page booklet, with some graphics, is written in an easy-to-read, easy-to-make fashion, and with a generous but not an overly sprinkling of dry humor and related anecdotes.

Here is a listing of some of the recipes, spelled phonetically for our English readers. Pirohy, Grulovniky (sort of potato pancakes but baked in the oven), Pagach: Imagine two layers of very thin, raised dough with potato, cottage cheese, or cabbage filling between, (Both layers plus filling are only about 1/2 inch thick.) baked and served warm with a glaze of sweetened, melted butter spread with a "pierochko"--- --mmmmmm, out of this world. Holubky (stuffed cabbage) Piroshky--(meatcakes, sweet raised dough filled with a meat filling and deep fried), Kolachy, Kuchen, Machanka, (gravy--several varieties including one with sweet cream), Pankushky, Deep fried sweet dough recipe. Lokshy Vilija, Christmas Eve food--honey, poppyseed, bread pieces. Poppyseed and Nut Rozhky (Rolls), Visit Tetka's House now for a virtual cup of steaming coffee and slice of poppyseed or nut roll. Orieshky (walnut shaped delicacies) Buttermilk gravy with new potatoes PaskaSlovinky style, shaped like 12-inch donut, with yellow, cheese/egg dough in the center. A slice looks like a slice of hard cooked egg. Hrudka Easter cheese Halushky na Sucho means halushky served dry not in soup. Mixture of potato cubes, cottage or cheddar cheese or brinza, and potato halushky enhanced with onions fried in butter. This was a hearty dish often taken for the noon meal by the women of Slovinky to the men who were working in the fields several miles away, hand mowing hay or whatever. These are just a few of the delicious recipes.

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A pleased, new cookbook owner says: Hello, Everything arrived in great shape. The angels are so cute. What a nice gift!! The cookbook, Joan and I love. We have called each other several times saying, "Do you know what I found?" Joan found a recipe that Mama used to make and no one could remember it. She was going to fix it. Thank you so much. George would have really gotten so much out of it. Thank you so much. Have a lovely weekend. Mary Ellen, OHIO