Entries Tagged as ‘Festivals’

February 12, 2008

Mangalica Madness

Since I’ve been living in Budapest I’ve been eating more pork than I ever have before in my life. And the pork here is great. It’s definitely the meat of choice, and meat from the Mangalica pig–a heritage breed that nearly died out during the Communist-era–is the choicest kind of pork. We happened to be [...]

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August 12, 2007

The Royal Cooks

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 [...]

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