In Hungary, the social landscape around drinking is undergoing a noticeable shift. What was once a culture heavily centered on traditional spirits and beer is increasingly making room for those who prefer to stay dry. More >>
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Recipe Of The Week: Beigli - Traditional Hungarian Christmas Cake
- 24 Dec 2025 7:32 AM
When enjoying a Hungarian Christmas, best not to miss bejgli, a beloved holiday treat that brings warmth to the heart of winter. This special pastry is usually filled with a poppy seed (mákos bejgli) or walnut (diós bejgli) paste, has been a centerpiece of Hungarian holiday tables for centuries.
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Recipe Of The Week: Hungarian Fish Soup (Halászlé)
- 24 Dec 2025 7:25 AM
In Hungary fish soup (halászlé) is one of the most popular Christmas dishes. Hungarian fish soup halászlé is a hot soup prepared with mixed river fish - characteristic for cuisines of the Pannonian Plain and the Balkans, especially the wider region around the River Danube. The meal originates from Slavic cuisine. Traditionally, fish soup is prepared in a small kettle on an open fire by real fishermen.
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Expat Explainer: Szaloncukor – Hungarian Xmas Candy
- 24 Dec 2025 7:22 AM
At the end of November and the beginning of December the Hungarian postal services sends innumerable packages abroad, as Hungarian families all over the world love to receive and decorate the Christmas tree with 'szaloncukor' - a traditional Hungarian candy.
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Hungarian Recipe Of The Week: Christmas Gingerbread
- 16 Dec 2025 5:40 AM
Gingerbread originated in ancient times with Egyptians and Greeks baking honey-sweetened spiced breads for rituals, but it reached Europe around 992 AD via Armenian monk Gregory of Nicopolis, who taught French Christians the recipe after fleeing persecution.
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Historic Múzeum Kávéház in Budapest to be Revived
- 5 Dec 2025 8:48 AM
Eventrend, one of Hungary’s largest hospitality groups, is preparing to relaunch the historic Múzeum Kávéház near the National Museum in Budapest’s Eighth District.
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Hungary Outlaws Lab-Grown Meat
- 1 Dec 2025 3:04 PM
The government has imposed a blanket ban on the production and sale of laboratory-grown meat, according to a decree published.
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