Stories and recipes from my Hungarian family and the history of food in Hungary
It’s been a while since I wrote a piece here. Life gets in the way sometimes and I struggle to articulate my thoughts when I’m overwhelmed. I’ve been to a few different countries over the past year, including Turkey, Greece and Albania, and each time I’ve been reminded of the importance of fresh, flavoursome vegetables, […]
Read More FlavourAnyone of dual or more heritages will recognise this – the clash of your familial customs with the festive traditions of the home country. Growing up in Liverpool with a Hungarian father meant we didn’t quite follow the script laid down by others. It was only after I started school that I discovered other families […]
Read More Festive‘Comfort me with apples” has always seemed a strange one to me. Although it is for the lovesick swain in the Song of Solomon, rather than a person grieving loss, apples are not my go to for comfort food in any circumstance requiring succour. At a pinch I’d allow apple pie or cake but the […]
Read More Comfort foodWith the timing only I can manage, I’ve chosen to write about spinach főzelék just as the weather here in Liverpool has suddenly remembered that it’s August and has finally stopped raining. In my defence, last week it was proper ark building weather so I thought a lovely comforting bowl of creamy garlicky spinach was […]
Read More Popeye’s favouriteI’ve mentioned previously the long trek from Liverpool to Hungary undertaken every summer by my family and I. Three to four days in a non air conditioned car, fighting with my sisters, shouting at my father to NOT overtake on a blind bend as we drove through various mountain passes, waving at other GB stickered […]
Read More Longing for Lángos“It’s not enough to have talent, you also have to be Hungarian” Robert Capa We are poor, but we eat well. Antal Aladarné My grandmother said this often. My father also. I would retort, we are poor because we eat well. But it’s true. Eating well in Hungary is mandatory. In fact it’s impossible not […]
Read More Finom, finom, pompás, pompás
Finom - the food of Hungary 