One of the great historians of twentieth century and communist Eastern Europe is Anne Applebaum. American by birth, she’s a Polish dual citizen, married to the politician Radosław Sikorski, and spends half of her time in Poland. While she’s won the Pulitzer and is celebrated for her journalism and history books, in 2012 she also wrote one of the best English-language cookbooks on Polish cuisine: From a Polish Country House Kitchen