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Hungarian
Cookbook: Old World Recipes for New World Cooks, Expanded Edition
by Yolanda Nagy Fintor
Paperback from Hippocrene Books
ISBN: 0781812402
These enticing Old World Hungarian recipes were brought to America
by the author's grandparents, but they have been updated to accommodate
today's dietary concerns and faster-paced lifestyles. The author also explores
the seasonal and ceremonial observances still practised by Hungarian Americans:
bacon cookouts, fall grape festivals, weddings, Christmas, New Year's,
and Easter. |
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CULINARIA
HUNGARY (LCT)
by Aniko Gergely
Paperback from hf ULLMANN
Media Published: 2010-10-01
ISBN: 3833149965
Each individual volume is a true treasure trove of information: discover
the wealth of specialities in the featured countries and their regions,
learn about the traditions and distinctive peculiarities of the various
cuisines--and be inspired to achieve your own sumptuous culinary highlights. |
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The
Hungarian Cookbook
by Susan Derecskey
Paperback from William Morrow Cookbooks
Media Published: 1987-10-14
ISBN: 0060914378
"Our appetite for this interesting cuisine, a melding of Germanic,
Slavic, Tartar, and Turkish influences, has been whetted by [this] excellent
new work."--New York Times |
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The
Eastern and Central European Kitchen: Contemporary & Classic Recipes
by Silvena Rowe
Hardcover from Interlink Books
ISBN: 1566566703
The fresh ingredients and unfamiliar flavor combinations of Central
and Eastern Europe are capturing the imaginations of gourmet stores and
restaurants in the West, as borders open up and Europe is extended. We're
enjoying dishes such as goulash, stroganoff, pierogi and borscht as we
feast on a wealth of culinary traditions that stretches back for generations.
Silvena Rowe turns to countries such as Hungary, the Czech Republic,
Bulgaria, Poland, Georgia, Russia, and the Ukraine for her inspiration.
She cooks game with sweet-and-sour stuffing, sauces and marinades; smoked
fish; wild mushrooms; fruits such as quince, figs and pomegranates; and
seeds and grains such as lentils, pearl barley and poppy seeds. She plunders
the traditions of the poor and wealthy alike in her quest to bring us a
taste of what is put upon the tables in these countries. The food is untamed
and the flavors are strong.
Alongside Silvena's recipes are photographs of the food markets, farms,
homes, grand cafŽs and restaurants of Eastern and Central
Europe by renowned photographer Jonathan Lovekin.
As the author describes is her book: "The soups vary from the hearty
winter warmers of Hungary to light, delicate, chilled summer soups; the
stews encompass goulash and the aromatic braised lamb recipes of Georgia;
and there are legions of dumplings, including the classic pierogi, the
delicate uszka, the savory leniwe and the hearty pyzy. Subtle, yet forceful,
marinades; pickles and preserves; smoked fish, sausages, and meats-they
all play a role in this rich and almost unknown treasure trove that can
rival the culinary cultures of France and Italy in its depth and breadth." |
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Food
Wine Budapest (The Terroir Guides)
by Carolyn Banfalvi
Paperback from Little Bookroom
Media Published: 2008-06-17
ISBN: 1892145561
Despite its vast repertoire, variety, and recipes bursting with flavor,
Hungarian cuisine is one of the most underappreciated and unknown European
cuisines. There are few Hungarian restaurants outside the country so those
who are interested in discovering Hungarian cuisine (and any food lover
should be!) must go to Hungary to sample everything firsthand, prepared
with real Hungarian ingredients-now by a new generation of talented chefs
and winemakers. Despite the fact that last year more foreign tourists visited
the city than ever before (36.6 million), there are still no guidebooks
written in English focusing on Budapest restaurants and Hungarian food.
Carolyn Bánfalvi has written the first culinary guide to Budapest,
Food
Wine Budapest. This book is a practical guide that contains the vocabulary
you'll need (one obstacle to discovering Hungarian food and wine is the
difficult Magyar language); dozens of restaurant, café, and shop
reviews; and descriptions of Hungarian dishes and wines. The Hungarian
wine industry is young, dynamic, and relatively little known outside of
the country, which makes sampling its wines deliciously adventurous. The
book will ensure that readers have memorable eating and drinking experiences.
Throughout Food Wine Budapest there are also sidebars providing
local color and in-depth information. |
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A
Taste of the Past: The Daily Life and Cooking of a Nineteenth-Century Hungarian-Jewish
Homemaker
by Andras Koerner
Paperback from UPNE
ISBN: 158465595X
A Taste of the Past is an entertaining reconstruction of the daily
life and household of Therese (Riza) Baruch (1851-1938), the great-grandmother
of the author, Andras Koerner. Based on an unusually complete cache of
letters, recipes, personal artifacts, and eyewitness testimony, Koerner
describes in loving detail the domestic life of a nineteenth-century Hungarian
Jewish woman, with special emphasis on the meals she served her family.
Based on Riza's letters, part one offers an imaginative sketch of growing
up in a religious middle-class family in the 1860s and 70s in an industrial
town in western Hungary. Part one also describes Riza's reactions to the
dilemmas posed by the early signs of Jewish assimilation. In part two,
the heart of the book, Riza has married, moved to a smaller town near the
Austrian border, and become the central figure of a large household. Koerner
recreates a typical day in the life of Riza and her family, peppering his
narrative with recipes of the food she served for breakfast, mid-morning
snack, lunch, afternoon coffee-and-cake, and the much more modest evening
meal.
Riza's family was religious, and Koerner also describes the special
foods (pike in sour aspic, cholent, apple-matzo kugel, and much more) she
served to celebrate the Sabbath and the six major Jewish holidays. Short
introductions to the recipes describe the evolution of the dishes through
the centuries, their role in Jewish culture, and how cultural influences
and religious traditions shaped Riza's cooking.
More than 125 evocative pen-and-ink illustrations bring Riza's story
and her food to life. A Taste of the Past offers an enchanting look at
Jewish daily life in western Hungary in the late nineteenth and early twentieth
century, a time when middle-class Jews were increasingly assimilated into
mainstream Hungarian life and culture. Such small-town Jewish life had
completely disappeared due to the Holocaust. Koerner's book revives this
lost world and invites the reader to be a guest in Riza's house to watch
her caring for her family, shopping, cooking, and preparing for the holidays.
By offering easy-to-follow updated versions of her recipes, the book also
allows readers to savor Riza's dishes and desserts in their own kitchens,
thus completing this experience of a visit to the past. |
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The
Wines of Hungary (Classic Wine Library)
by Alex Liddell
Paperback from MITCH
ISBN: 1840007893
Hungary has 22 wine regions, and a once-proud tradition that
had to be completely reinvented after 45 years of communism--during which
time the entire structure of grape growing and wine production was altered
beyond recognition. This fascinating reference details that readjustment,
which continues to this day, and shows how it has developed through privatization,
foreign investment, and the dedication of small producers who struggle
to achieve quality standards despite a chronic lack of capital. More than
300 wine producers are featured, not only from the famous regions like
Tokaj and Villany, where significant progress has been made, but also from
the lesser-known regions that may yet have the potential to make world-class
wines.
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