I’ve only had sauerkraut balls a few times and I wasn’t quite sure what I was looking for. I looked through many recipes ...

They're so popular, local author Judy Orr James dedicated a whole chapter to them in her 2022 book, "Akron Family Recipes." Sauerkraut balls are gobbled up especially around the holidays and they ...

Look for refrigerated sauerkraut — it has a much better texture ... Shape 2 tablespoons of the mixture into a ball. Place on a nonstick baking sheet. Repeat to use the rest of the mixture.

Sauerkraut balls had been around for decades, and most families have a go-to recipe clipped from an old newspaper column or inherited on gravy-smudged index cards. The typical manifestation is a ...

Bob's Hamburg in Akron is taking orders for holiday sauerkraut balls, including Bob's original recipe and a vegetarian Akron Pickle recipe. Bob's original recipe, which includes ground pork ...

Judy Orr James, who wrote a book called “Akron Family Recipes” in 2022, takes a deep-dive into sauerkraut balls with her tome. She devoted an entire chapter to the city’s ever-present ...

Go to any restaurant serving Eastern European food in the Cleveland-Akron area and you’ll find these balls front and center. What wouldn’t be great about a mix of sauerkraut and meat fried to ...