Hungarian Cookbook: Old World Recipes for New World Cooks (Hippocrene Cookbook Library)

Hungarian Cookbook: Old World Recipes for New World Cooks (Hippocrene Cookbook Library) by Fintor, Yolanda Nagy. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780781809962.

These Old World recipes were brought to America by the authors grandparents, but they have been updated to accommodate todays faster-paced lifestyles. In many cases, the author presents a New World version of the recipe, in which low-fat and more readily available ingredients are substituted without compromising flavor. This collection includes timeless dishes, and spans the range of home cooking with recipes for Kohlrabi Soup, Stuffed Cabbage, Chicken Paprika, and a host of tempting dishes like Walnut Torte and Dilled Cottage Cheese Cake. The new chapter on breads focuses on yeast breads, with a short section on quick breads. It includes recipes for Sour Cream Biscuits, Hungarian Fried Bread, and Beer Bread Sticks, among others. This is more than just a collection of 142 enticing Hungarian recipes. The author offers culinary tips, explains characteristics of the Hungarian language, and includes a glossary of terms used throughout the book. Several chapters also describe the seasonal and ceremonial observances transplanted from Hungary and still practiced by Americans of Hungarian descent: bacon cookouts, fall grape festivals, weddings, baptisms, Christmas, New Years, and Easter celebrations.