Our stuff is packed in carton boxes and stored in two garages, the floor of our house is dug up 20 cm deep and a container is standing in the garden under the cherry tree which fruits are just about to ripen. Within two weeks our life was turned upside down when after a burst…
I am sitting at my favourite spot in our house: on the stairs at our front door and look at a one meter deep hole next to me. We didn’t intend to plant a new fruit tree and Beeper didn’t decide to get to China while chasing a mole. A couple of days ago we…
There is a proverb in Hungary: It is good to be anywhere, but the best is to be at home. This is what I think when we get out of the car after our 3000 km journey. Within a week we crossed complete Europe in north-south direction and very typical for us we chose driving…
Almost 30 years ago I visited a few times the house we are living in. My grandmother’s brother-in -law lived here at that time alone and sometimes we spent a day with him with my sister and my cousins. After so many years I still remember how much I loved the house and the garden,…
As everyone I have some devotions when it comes to food. If you are frequent reader of Taste of Memories you could already realise that with any kind of yeasted dough and honey zserbó slice I could save the world. Almost. Now I would like to share my third favourite with you for which I…
As a cook I cannot imagine a more fabulous thing than going over to the neighbour and coming back with a jar of fresh farm sour cream and a half kilo cottage cheese. Since Ani, my neighbour makes cottage cheese again- since they have enough milk to do it now- I cannot stop myself to…
It has been snowing for the last two days, snow covers our blooming fruit trees and the radish and green peas seedlings that just popped up in the kitchen garden. Wind pulls our shutters wildly and we have to start our days again by putting fire in the tile stove. It is quite bizarre in…
As we are getting closer to Easter I was wondering what kind of recipe I should prepare for you, dear Readers. If you take a look at the archives you can find the recipe of stuffed eggs or the challah which goes very well with braised ham, that we usually have at Easter. However this…
Who said that only perfect is good enough? Not me, but the truth is that I am a really enthusiastic fan of perfectionism. I MUST do perfect work, I must be a perfect couple, daughter, sister, friend and my house must (hm..or should) look well-organised and neat, so must the garden. Obviously anything that comes…
This week we had to organise and clean my grandmother’s house which was high time since she is gone since 3 years. I am collecting all treasures that remind me of her and which are for me great values: the pasta-maker, she used to use for making noodles for soup. Old cotton linen that she…
