Our Story | Neverending Brunches
They happened on the weekends. We would appear in our dining nook, one by one, a bit late for breakfast and way too early for lunch. Four sisters, growing up in a small village in the countryside of Hungary, in the early 80ies. We had no idea that we were brunching….
Palacsinta | A Hungarian Pancake We Never Had for Breakfast
Palacsinta is a thin Hungarian pancake (crepe-like pancake), an all-time kids’ favorite. After moving to NYC, I worked with kids for years and introduced palacsinta to all. Great success! I still receive messages from some with a photo of a stack of freckled beauties. “It is palacsinta-day!” Getting these reminders…
Chicken on a Bed of Salt | Never Enough Thyme?
Baking with salt has various ways and a long history around the world. One involves using pastry wrapped around meat; another one is burying, say a whole fish, in a pile of loose salt before baking. Other methods call for adding egg whites to make a salt paste. In my…
Dutch Baby | Sometimes the Sweetest Coincidence Leads You to the Recipe You Need
A breakfast recipe for the lazy or the quarantined. Basic ingredients and a fresh take on pancakes. One Sunday morning, a couple of years ago, I was looking for a breakfast recipe. A meal that is relatively quick and easy to make but also satisfies my urge for a span-new…
Plant-Based Dance Club All Weekend Long | Things Your Eyes Can’t See
This time-lapse video shows over 72 hours of my houseplants joyfully dancing, especially when sunlight peeks into the room.
Coconut Yogurt | Something is Satisfying about Cracking Open a Coconut
How to put a delicious sweetmeat to use? Two-step recipe for making coconut “yogurt”. I fell in love with fresh coconut water on a trip to the Dominican Republic. Since then, I buy whole coconuts. Sadly, the meat always winds up in the garbage in the end. I drink the…
Wright Virtual Visits | When One Door Closes
“The mission of an architect is to help people understand how to make life more beautiful, the world a better one for living in, and to give reason, rhyme, and meaning to life.” Frank Lloyd Wright. Have you ever wondered how your home would transform if your favorite architect redesigned…
Savory Dutch Baby | Not Sweet but Lovely
Savory Dutch Baby – the sibling of the sweet Dutch Baby, a fluffy, light breakfast pancake of German origin. I met the sweet Dutch Baby first. Inspired by a tutor who taught me to allow new possibilities to transform old ways of being, I figured, there has to be a…
Hungarian Village | 10 Things I May Be Missing This Summer
I lived in a Hungarian village for about the first half of my life; then spent five years in a larger city attending college before moving to New York. I loved my town while I was very young – the freedom we had, roaming in the countryside, was priceless. I…
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