Polish-American communities embrace pączki on Fat Tuesday, preserving family traditions and indulging in sweet, jelly-filled ...

Fat Thursday, the last Thursday prior to Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent, is one of the most important holidays ... the holiday is just a clever marketing ploy disguised as a Polish tradition ...

One Polish-style pastry ... that precede Easter on the Christian calendar. Leading up to Lent, indulging with paczki has been a tradition in Europe dating back at least to the Middle Ages ...

There was even a Lenten saying: 'Fasting season, day or night, always gives gourmets delight'. According to Stanisław Czerniecki, the author of the 17 th-century Compendium Ferculorum, the oldest ...

a unique Lenten tradition comes to life at St. Mary Roman Catholic Church in Reading. Parishioners like Jackie Kopicki were hard at work Monday, intertwining their Polish traditions with the ...

Tickets are on sale now for Polish Youngstown’s 16th Ostatki celebration. Ostatki is a Polish version of the traditional pre-Lent Fat Tuesday celebration that ...