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István Bart: Hungary & The Hungarians. The Keywords
Words often carry hidden meanings, with connotations coming from the culture, thinking and the history of the people who use them. Dictionaries rarely explain these. However, István Bart’s Hungary & The Hungarians reveals the secrets behind the Hungarian language. A concise cultural encyclopedia of Hungarianness, it is the ideal guide for learning what makes Hungarians tick, what’s inside their hearts and minds, and how their history has affected the words they use.
Words often carry hidden meanings, with connotations coming from the culture, thinking and the history of the people who use them. Dictionaries rarely explain these. However, István Bart’s Hungary & The Hungarians reveals the secrets behind the Hungarian language. A concise cultural encyclopedia of Hungarianness, it is the ideal guide for learning what makes Hungarians tick, what’s inside their hearts and minds, and how their history has affected the words they use.
Gundel’s Hungarian Cookbook
This ever-popular collection of recipes, selected from the renowned Gundel Restaurant in Budapest’s City Park, is a tribute to the best of Hungarian cuisine, first published in 1934. Highlights include gulyásleves (goulash) and halászlé (fish soup), goose liver in goose fat, Hortobágy pancakes, veal stew, steamed cabbage, lecsó (tomato and paprika stew), and the legendary Gundel pancake. Also featured are a short biography of founder Károly Gundel, and a brief introduction to the art of Hungarian cuisine.
This ever-popular collection of recipes, selected from the renowned Gundel Restaurant in Budapest’s City Park, is a tribute to the best of Hungarian cuisine, first published in 1934. Highlights include gulyásleves (goulash) and halászlé (fish soup), goose liver in goose fat, Hortobágy pancakes, veal stew, steamed cabbage, lecsó (tomato and paprika stew), and the legendary Gundel pancake. Also featured are a short biography of founder Károly Gundel, and a brief introduction to the art of Hungarian cuisine.
Clarissa Upchurch, George Szirtes: Budapest. Image, Poem, Film
A pictorial tribute to Budapest, this bilingual book reveals Budapest in image and poetry. The city has been the subject for English artist Clarissa Upchurch for the last 20 years. The Budapest of her paintings, drawings and prints lives on in the imagination like the memory of a film where the main story is lost but certain scenes remain vivid. Her husband, Hungarian-born poet George Szirtes (winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry), adds an essay and a poem.
Zoltán Benyák, Tibor Dékány: Hungarian Wines and Wine Regions
Here is a helpful guide to Hungary’s grape varieties, and an introduction to the outstanding Bikavér (Bull’s Blood) and Tokaj wines. Take an imaginary stroll through Hungary’s six traditional wine regions, which come alive in Zoltán Benyák’s words and Tibor Dékány’s exquisite color photos. Along the way, become acquainted with the fabled vintners that have helped to rejuvenate Hungarian viniculture. Beautifully designed, Hungarian Wines and Wine Regions is the ideal gift for wine lovers.
A pictorial tribute to Budapest, this bilingual book reveals Budapest in image and poetry. The city has been the subject for English artist Clarissa Upchurch for the last 20 years. The Budapest of her paintings, drawings and prints lives on in the imagination like the memory of a film where the main story is lost but certain scenes remain vivid. Her husband, Hungarian-born poet George Szirtes (winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry), adds an essay and a poem.
Zoltán Benyák, Tibor Dékány: Hungarian Wines and Wine Regions
Here is a helpful guide to Hungary’s grape varieties, and an introduction to the outstanding Bikavér (Bull’s Blood) and Tokaj wines. Take an imaginary stroll through Hungary’s six traditional wine regions, which come alive in Zoltán Benyák’s words and Tibor Dékány’s exquisite color photos. Along the way, become acquainted with the fabled vintners that have helped to rejuvenate Hungarian viniculture. Beautifully designed, Hungarian Wines and Wine Regions is the ideal gift for wine lovers.
