The heat is back in Budapest, and lately it has been too hot to cook and too hot to walk to the market. But it’s not too hot to crack open a bottle of rosé in the evening, and to eat chilled cherry soup for lunch. Check out my guest posts on the Appetizer blog [...]
Robyn Lee over at Serious Eats posted this funny old Hungarian sausage commercial. If you’re really interested, check Lee’s post for the lyrics.
And, here’s another for sour cream:
Now is the time for 2008 trend and destination forecasts, and it seems that everyone is putting them out. One interesting one from the relatively new International Culinary Tourism Association cites Hungary (along with neighboring Slovakia) as one of the top “10 Culinary Destinations to watch for 2008″. This is what the list says:
Hungary & [...]
If you’re in a place where the BBC’s Olive magazine is available, my article “48 Hours in Budapest” was published in the January issue. In Budapest, it’s available with a very high mark-up (2,550 HUF!) at Bestsellers. The article includes food-themed recommendations for a Budapest weekend.
Yesterday the New York Times published its “53 Places to Go in 2008” list and named Tokaj as number 52. Tokaj, Hungary’s most famed wine region, also happens to be my favorite part of the country. Not only does it turn out great white wines, but I think it of one of the most beautiful [...]
If you’re in New York and are wondering where to head for Hungarian and Austrian fare, check out Gridskipper’s New York Tastes of Eastern Europe piece which has a handy run-down of the city’s options.
The New York Times travel section last weekend was devoted to food related travel, and there was a nice piece by Mimi Sheraton about her visits to some of the world’s greatest markets and their cultural importance. I’ve always counted visiting markets as one of the highlights of traveling to new places, even more so [...]
I haven’t had much experience sampling Hungarian food outside of Hungary, and the ones that I have had haven’t been memorable. I spend enough time in Hungary anyway so that when I leave the country I want to eat anything but Hungarian food. But Al’s Corner Restaurant, which I wrote about on Chew.hu, seems to [...]
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