Like good Hungarian restaurants, it’s also hard to find Hungarian literature in English outside of Hungary. Even in Hungary the selection isn’t great (although if you’re in the habit of scouring the antikváriums you’ll occasionally come across some out-of-print finds). In America, fans of Hungarian literature (or readers who want an introduction to the relatively [...]
This is the second summer in a row that we’ve left Budapest and headed to the Hungarian countryside for some falusi turizmus (or “rural tourism”) and we’re already planning our next trip. It was a fantastic week of total isolation spent in a tanya (peasant farm house) on the prairie, not far from Kecskemet. Though [...]
Spend a few days here eating at Hungarian restaurants and you’ll quickly become familiar with the classic Hungarian dishes like chicken paprikás and gulyás (better known as goulash). But there’s lots more to eating in Hungary than those ubiquitous dishes. Here are some other of my favorite Hungarian specialties that you must try:
A bar made [...]
One of the things I like best about living in Budapest is doing my shopping at the markets, especially in August when there’s so much good stuff there. My neighborhood market, the Fény utca Piac, also happens to be my favorite market in the city. On some days old ladies come and set up tables [...]
In Hungary there are food festivals to celebrate nearly every commonly used ingredient, from the humble onion to the walnuts that are essential to bakers. Last weekend was the annual food festival in the village of Nagyszakácsi, which translates as “master chef”. Legend has it that this is where all royal chefs in Hungary once [...]
Welcome to Buda Bites! I am an American writer living in Budapest, writing mostly about food and travel. This blog will be a place for me to share all of the wonderful things that I discover at Budapest’s markets, restaurants, and cafés. I’ll write about life in Hungary, and about my eating, drinking, and traveling [...]
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