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A kolache

Go figure — a Czech snack ends up in New York, by way of Texas

Lifestyle & Belief

Every culture has its comfort foods. For Czechs, a typical one is the kolache. It’s a fist-sized dough bun filled, at least traditionally, with fruit or poppy seeds. Now the kolache is spreading across the US. One couple has brought it from the Czech community of Texas to Brooklyn.

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