Prepare for Hungary’s ‘Best Ever’ St Stephen’s Day Celebrations Hungary is preparing for its biggest ever St Stephen’s Day weekend, featuring a 34-minute fireworks show, a huge folk arts... 2021.08.13.
Fried Carrot-Dog Declared Balaton’s Beach Food of the Year The carrot-dog is the official dish of lake Balaton this year, after having won the Beach Food of the Year... 2021.08.08.
Hake – The Most Beloved Hungarian Fish, Which Is Not Hungarian at All – With Recipe! It is likely thanks to the internet that today more and more people are in agreement that Generation X grew... 2021.08.06.
Lecsó with Eggs – One of Hungary’s Most Iconic Foods – with Recipe! Considering that the first pepper was brought to The Old Continent by Columbus’ doctor and that, likewise, the first tomato... 2021.07.23.
Roast á la Brașov – A Different Take on Meat and Potatoes – with Recipe! There is a sort of unexplainable adoration around Roast á la Brașov (brassói aprópecsenye) which I myself have never really... 2021.07.09.
Körözött, Hungary’s Crème de la Crème – With Recipe! In the heat that is currently engulfing Hungary, people are less likely to have the motivation for cooking, and others... 2021.06.25.
Green Pea Stew – King of All Stews – With Recipe! Stews first showed up some time during the 16th century, but back then they were very different from their modern... 2021.05.28.
Breaded Chicken – The Crispy Meat That Everyone Considers Their Own – With Recipe! It is practically a given that if we ask 10 Hungarians what their favorite food is, at least 7 will... 2021.05.14.
Nyírség Dumpling Soup – An Old Hungarian Dish That is Slowly Disappearing – with Recipe! Certain Hungarian foods have origins which we know very little about, yet they have still been ingrained in our memory... 2021.05.07.
Egg Dumplings (Galuska) – Our Simplest Dish, but We Love It – With Recipe! If there exists such a thing as Hungary's favorite side dish, it is without a doubt Hungarian dumplings (known in... 2021.04.23.
Bear’s Garlic Pogácsa: The Scent of Spring – With Recipe! Early Spring is the time when a dense green thicket covers a few of Hungary’s forests, but without creating a... 2021.04.16.
Meat Will Be Allowed Again on Saturday, Add This Lamb Dish to the Feast! Easter is an ancient tradition, extending all the way back to 1400 BCE, to the Jewish holiday of Passover, or... 2021.04.03.
Our Favorite Lent Dessert, Mistakenly Given an Intriguing Name – With Recipe! We consider it to be among our most interestingly named foods, but like countless other dishes we have, barátfüle (friend’s... 2021.04.02.
Tócsni: From a Potato to a Miracle with a Thousand Names – With Recipe! I think we can confidently say that out of all our foods, the dish we know most commonly as tócsni... 2021.03.19.
The Dish That Was Named After an Anthem – With Recipe! Grenadiermarsch grenade cubes, more popularly known by their less intimidating name of potato pasta. The dish which is currently reliving... 2021.03.05.
The Hungarian Dessert That Conquered the White House – With Recipe! It may be said for countless Hungarian main courses that they were developed with the influence of such and such... 2021.02.19.
Wine Soup: The Number One Christmas Dish of a Bygone Age – With Recipe! Nowadays, very few people group wine soup with traditional Hungarian Christmas dishes, and a whole generation may have never even... 2020.12.23.
Stuffed Cabbage, the ‘Grandmother’ of Hungarian Cuisine – With Recipe! Stuffed cabbage is not only a typical Hungarian Christmas dish, but one of the most popular, beloved, classic Hungarian dishes... 2020.12.20.
Maroon Ambrosia: Hungarian Venison Stew with Juniper Berries and Red Wine A staple of Christmas dinners for many Hungarians, red wine and juniper venison pörkölt is one of the most supremely... 2020.12.18.
The Most Hungarian Dessert: Sponge Cake ‘Somlói Style’ – with Recipe! The sponge cake 'Somlói style' is probably the best-known product of Hungarian confectionery. In the late 1950s, the legendary main... 2020.11.27.
The Most Delicious Medieval Tradition: St. Martin’s Goose and Red Cabbage – With Recipe! To be honest, I myself thought for too long that the Martin's Goose Day feast is a Hungarian folk tradition,... 2020.11.10.
