Bigos stew is the national dish of Poland. It can be made with any kind of meat from pork to rabbit or venison, but should always have spicy Polish sausage. Melt the butter in a large casserole.

A bowl of bigos, or a Polish hunter's stew sitting on a table. - Ezume Images/Shutterstock ...

photo credit: Kate Previte Stewed in a mushroom gravy, Veselka’s beef stroganoff is rich, homey, and worth an order—though the bigos stew is a bit harder to find, so we go for it more often.