A few weeks ago while everyone else was eating turkey we ate wild duck. And as you can see in the photo on the left it was truly a wild duck, which someone had actually hunted and shot. The poor thing was even missing a leg. The duck weighed in at just under a kilo [...]
This was a hot summer in Budapest and when we didn’t feel like cooking, our standard meal was a big tomato salad drenched in this deliciously nutty tasting pumpkin seed oil. The oil has a strong, distinctive taste which is probably acquired. I actually didn’t like it the first time I tried it several years [...]
As I’ve already mentioned, plum dumplings are one of my favorite Hungarian foods. I’ve also already said that plums are now flooding the markets, at least they will be for a bit longer—and I’ll be taking full advantage of them until they’re gone. Hungarians are passionate about these dumplings, and it’s easy to see why [...]
One of my all-time favorite Hungarian dishes is túrós csusza. And it’s even better when it’s served with lecsó. Túrós csusza is essentially pasta with curd cheese (either cow’s or sheep’s milk)* and lecsó is pepper and tomato stew seasoned with paprika. It only requires simple ingredients, and I could eat it night after night [...]
Until last summer when I discovered how easy it is to make jam in my own kitchen, I coveted the jars of homemade apricot jam that my mother-in-law provided us with. I worried about the gap between when our jar ran out and when we’d get a new one. Then I watched how she made [...]
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