Price of Traditional Hungarian Christmas Roll on the Rise We are approaching the Christmas season again, and in Hungary a traditional poppy-seed or walnut-filled roll, called 'bejgli,' is an... 2022.11.22.
Hortobágy Crepes – So Much Hungarianness in One Meal – with Recipe! Hortobágy crepes are one of our most controversial foods, but at the same time so much Hungarianness is rarely found... 2021.09.10.
Lángos – The Most Ancient of Hungarian Foods – with Recipe! While it may be completely different in its modern form, lángos, in its original style, is the most ancient piece... 2021.08.27.
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 Ancestor of Every Stuffed Dessert: Bukta – with Recipe! We do not know exactly how long bukta has been around for, but its origin dates back to the first... 2021.03.12.
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.
Here is What Hungarians Eat on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day New Year in Hungary has always been accompanied by tons of rituals and superstitions. Although most of them are long... 2020.12.31.
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.
A Traditional Hungarian Christmas Dessert: Poppy Seed Bread Pudding – With Recipe! In most households in Hungary, one can find at least one traditional Christmas food on the table with old peasant,... 2020.12.04.
Laskatokány: Essence of the Transylvanian Forests – with Recipe! In our next Hungarian recipe, we are preparing the legendary dish of the Transylvanian forests, the 'tokány,' with a little... 2020.07.03.
