Author of books such as Polska.
Zuza Zak's Story
Zuza Zak's story began in a land and time very removed from the one we inhabit today. Born in Communist Poland in 1979, she remembers her first 8 years with a strange mixture of fear and nostalgia. It was an oppressive regime and sometimes people would queue for 8 hours or more to buy one random ingredient that happened to be available that day. Yet somehow the Polish people always found a way to eat and to enjoy themselves. Families, friends, and communities would work together to find, grow, forage and obtain everything that was needed to create amazing feasts. Since living in the UK, Zuza has found that people know very little about Polish food and culture, which was the main reason for writing "Polska", a book that encapsulates Polish food, culture, history and folklore with a sense of Slavic romance and magic.