"Culture has arisen when mankind settled and brought land into cultivation for the first time. Culture ends when mankind detaches itself from the land. We have to regain the ability of living in the landscape, instead of dominating over or fighting against it. What we have on our table is reserved to our stomach, but it arrives at our head and inflicts our mind. Synthetic dairy products, puffed-up and tasteless vegetables, decorative but indigestible artificial fruits and the plastic-meat of the cattle nurtured on plastic-fodder ... all of them are the wastage of the lifeless soil. more »

Forget grill accessories like brushes, aprons, and fancy sauces. For a classic Hungarian barbecue—called a szalonnasütés, or bacon roasting—all that’s required is a thick hunk of bacon (preferably with few streaks of meat, mostly pure fat), a peeled onion, a few thick slices of bread, a stick, and a fire. more »

"The Hortobágyi palacsinta is a savoury Hungarian pancake, filled with meat (usually veal). The meat is prepared as a stew; minced meat is fried with onions and spices like the pörkölt or the paprikás dish, using, veal, veal with mushrooms, chicken or Hungarian sausage. The pancakes are filled with the minced meat, tucking in the ends, and are baked in the oven with a paprika and tejföl (sour cream) sauce, then topped with fresh parsley. more »