Category Archives: Food

Uranium, Wine and Paprikas Krumpli

With our time here in Hungary quickly growing short (do things “grow short???”), we’ve been busy the past week or so with lots of day trips with friends and a long weekend in Budapest for our final Fulbright sponsored activities. … Continue reading

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“A Night of Southern Moods” – Jambalaya and Gregory Peck with the American Corner

Margaret and I wanted to host a “Southern” style party for our friends, colleagues and students at the American Corner here in Pecs, but when we started to get into the details of making jambalaya for 30 in our small, … Continue reading

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Athens in 3 Days or Less

As I mentioned in a previous post, we arrived in Athens, Greece on an exceedingly rainy Monday afternoon, so I didn’t take too many pictures – we were mostly trying to find the hotel and stay dry.   But we did … Continue reading

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The Market

I’ve noticed that we go through an interesting process of knowledge acquisition where we think we’ve figured something out, only to learn later that we didn’t quite have it right, and the market is a good example of what I … Continue reading

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A little about the Kurtoskalacs

There was a folk festival in one the squares near our apartment today.  And it was here that we discovered something called a Kurtoskalacs.  Or Kurtoskalac for singular – not sure.  Apparently it’s a traditional Hungarian pastry, which would explain … Continue reading

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