Slovak master folk artist Sidonka Wadina was raised in a Slovak neighborhood in Milwaukee’s Menomonee River Valley. Her grandmothers, who emigrated from Slovakia, continued to practice the traditional arts of baking and egg decorating.

At the age of three, she began to help them, especially with the making of Slovak dumplings. Now, after a lifetime of preparing Slovak ethnic foods, Sidonka has agreed to share her cherished recipes and original illustrations.

Co-author Toni Brendel’s Czech-Slovak heritage is dear to her heart, and she continues to study and write about the Slovak culture. She is the author of Penfield’s Slovak American Touches. This book includes her photos from Slovakia.

Dimensions: 5.5x0.07x3.5, spiralbound, 172 pages. ISBN: 9781932043594