In her new baking book, baker Laurel Kratochvila embarks on a journey to explore her Polish-Jewish roots and compiles over 100 sweet and savory recipes that reflect the diversity of Polish baking traditions. Whether it's rustic kefir bread, Krakow poppy seed bagels, walnut babka, Warsaw cream slices, meringue cake with grapefruit filling, lemony blackberry karpatka, or Jewish treats like hamantaschen, rugelach, and beet bialys – each recipe tells a story and expresses Laurel's personal connection to Poland. Accompanied by stunning recipe photos and atmospheric impressions from the country, "The Polish Baking Book" combines culinary tradition with contemporary flair and invites readers to joyfully discover the baking culture of our neighboring country.