cheese
Mar 16 '10
Local consumer dismayed to discover Czech origins of "Hungarian" Camembert
Revealing to what extent food production has been globalized, a reader of consumer blog Tékozló Homár sent in an image of the packaging for a box of Tihany-brand Camembert cheese. What surprised the reader was that Tihany -- a...
Feb 15 '08
If You are Going to Eat Boring, Characterless Cheese, it Might as Well be the Best Boring, Characterless Cheese
The plain white cheese known as Trappista is considered by many to be flavorless and boring, yet it is Hungary's most popular form of sajt, to the point that Wikipedia simply calls it a "traditional Hungarian" cheese. So when we...
Oct 24 '07
Sniffing Out Home-Made Dairy Products in the Heart of Buda
For those lamenting the shortage of cheese outlets and not willing to go all the way to Kecskemét, we might have found salvation. As an appetizer, I managed to grab this under-the-counter snap of the home-made dairy products stand...
Oct 16 '07
Historic Hungarian Cheese Posters Continue to Improve with Age
With specialty food stores in Budapest being more common than common, it's hard to remember that not so long one small shop - the Nagy Tamás Cheese Shop - was pretty much the only place in town catering to...
Sep 21 '07
The Only Thing Better than Kecskemét Cheese are the People Who Sell It
If you spend a decent amount of time shopping in Budapest's supermarkets - as opposed to its increasing number of gourmet and specialty food shops - you will quickly come to the conclusion that these are not the places...
