Apple pie directly from the tree
Last year we arrived from Spain to Hungary exactly that time when apples were about to reach perfect ripeness. Some of the apples were already under the tree and they were continuously falling. We had many things to do in our house: scratching the drops of paint from the…
Gardening goes better with delicious cheese sticks
We are beginning a new chapter in our countryside life: spring has started. Although it was snowing the last week, I still need to put fire in the tile stove and winter and spring walk hands in hands, there are obvious signs of change.
Every day is a surprise. I…
The very best Hungarian chicken pörkölt
In Hungary officially everybody knows how to cook pörkölt. This is something which is very Hungarian, very basic and a kind of must for everybody. I have learnt it at the chef’s school but if I hadn’t I could take a look at any Hungarian cookbook or search it…
Farm to table- recipe of the Hungarian cottage cheese dumplings
After I moved back from Spain in September we met an old friend who is breeding Hungarian grey cattle on hectares of beautiful fields not far from our village. He was pleased to welcome me home and he was especially happy that we moved so close to them. “…
A key for happiness: a cup of hot cocoa
I am really lucky because I was grown up with a mother who considered feeding and caring as her calling, although she always had a real- mostly quite demanding- job. Spring started with the elderflower season from which she prepared syrup. Followed by the strawberries and raspberries which we…
A chef, a countryside cottage, a camera
The idea of the “Taste of Memories” was born in February 2015 in Malaga, Spain. It was 14 degrees outside, continuous sunshine and noise of the never-sleeping harbour city. I could have planned another hiking tour in the Andalusian mountains or another Spanish speciality to cook but my thoughts…
