The Pierogi Problem

Cosmopolitan Appetites and the Reinvention of Polish Food

Fabio Parasecoli, Agata Bachórz, Mateusz Halawa

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University of California Press
05 August 2025

Food & society; Social & cultural anthropology; National & regional cuisine

Series: California Studies in Food and Culture

The culinary landscape of Poland is significantly changing, reshaped by a new generation of food producers, chefs, and media personalities. The Pierogi Problem examines people's networks, places, material culture, and media to explain how Polish tastemakers embrace context-specific strategies to localize discourses, practices, and values amid an increasingly globalized food culture. The decades following the end of Poland's socialist regime were marked by a rising interest in foreign cuisines and Western forms of consumption. Today, however, ingredients, cooking techniques, and dishes that were once considered ordinary or part of the country's uncomfortable past are being refashioned to reflect transformations in cultural hierarchies. The Pierogi Problem chronicles how and why local, traditional, and artisanal foods are reemerging for changing cosmopolitan appetites.

By: Fabio Parasecoli, Agata Bachórz, Mateusz Halawa
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Volume: 86
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 499g
ISBN: 9780520399051
ISBN 10: 0520399056
Series: California Studies in Food and Culture
Pages: 260
Publication Date: 05 August 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Fabio Parasecoli is Professor in the Department of Nutrition and Food Studies at New York University. He is author of numerous books, including Gastronativism: Food, Identity, Politics. Agata Bachórz is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Gdańsk, Poland. Mateusz Halawa is an anthropologist and sociologist working between academic practice and design strategy.