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Rakott – the art of the bake

Rakott. Translates as “casserole” in food terms but rather pleasingly to my mind, also means pleats, like those pleated petticoats worn as Hungarian folk dress by men and women alike. Women wear as many as 40 at a time – denoting their status and marriage prospects, layers and layers of frothy white petticoats that force […]

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Főzelék

Say what now? főzelék? (pronounced fur-zel-lake) What’s that when it’s at home? Well, that’s kind of the point. You’ll rarely find főzelék in a restaurant, though I hear the new generation of Hungarian chefs are starting to bring this epitome of home cooking into their culinary world. So what is it? It’s a way of […]

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