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	Title:	Dobre Dobre: Baking from Poland and Beyond
	Author:	Laurel Kratochvila
	Published:	October 14, 2025, Chronicle Books
	No. of Pages:	360
	Cover Price:	$35.00 Hardcover, $22.99 Kindle

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Anyone who loves to bake will definitely want to pick up Dobre Dobre: Baking from Poland and Beyond , a cookbook full of unique and mouthwatering baked goods both sweet and savory. The author, Laurel Kratochvila, was a finalist for the James Beard Award, and anyone who looks at this book will know why. Those who bake love to find new recipes for beautiful, unique baked goods that will draw raves. The variety is amazing, and there are dozens of recipes that will appeal to everyone.

There are notes at the beginning of each recipe from the author and they are well-written and interesting enough that readers will want to curl up in a corner to read the book before starting a long queue of beautiful baked goods . The recipes follow the traditional recipe protocol with the ingredients listed first, followed by step-by-step instructions that make it possible for both beginning and advanced bakers to make picture-perfect baked goods easily.

The beautiful photographs that accompany most of the recipes will make it difficult to decide what to make next. Included are Eastern European breads, babkas, pastries, donuts, cakes, and cookies. There is a recipe for Onion Brioche, bagels, and loaded potato knishes, which are first on my “must make this week” list.

All told, this is an excellent baking book and will be a much used cookbook.

The recipes are distinctly European, mostly from Poland and surrounding areas.

Special thanks to NetGalley for supplying a review copy of this book.