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December 11, Book Party in New York

cbanfalvi — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:34:24 +0000

Posted in Book Buzz

Book Party

cbanfalvi — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:06:39 +0000

Thanks to everyone who came last night to the book launch party at Treehugger Dan’s. The crowd was much bigger than I expected, so I didn’t have a chance to meet everyone. But, if anyone wants a signed copy, just shoot me an email. And, Dan still has the book for sale at a discount [...]

Wine Barrels, Transylvania

cbanfalvi — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:45:38 +0000

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Transylvanian Winery

cbanfalvi — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:23:28 +0000

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Tripe Ciorba, Transylvania

cbanfalvi — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:21:31 +0000

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Stuffed Cabbage in Transylvania

cbanfalvi — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:08:39 +0000

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Loving Somló

cbanfalvi — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:44:56 +0000

It wasn’t hard to fall in love with Somló, my favorite Hungarian wine region of the moment. Now, off to Transylvania for a few weeks…I hope to have lots of food finds to share.

The Appetizer

cbanfalvi — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:12:07 +0000

The heat is back in Budapest, and lately it has been too hot to cook and too hot to walk to the market. But it’s not too hot to crack open a bottle of rosé in the evening, and to eat chilled cherry soup for lunch. Check out my guest posts on the Appetizer blog [...]

On Menus, Spelling, and Translation

cbanfalvi — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 07:29:35 +0000

In an entertaining article in the Washington Post last week by Jane Black she discussed how much spelling and grammar mistakes on restaurant menus bother her. Here’s her fantasy: I enter a restaurant, order and sweetly ask the waiter if I can “hold on to the menu” during dinner. Then, using a distinctive purple pen, I [...]

Book Reviews

cbanfalvi — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:13:06 +0000

Food Wine Budapest doesn’t officially come out until next week (Tuesday to be exact), and it has already gotten a few nice reviews. One of my favorite websites, Chow.com has written it up, and so has author/journalist John Mariani. In fact, Mariani has listed it as one of the “best food and drink books [...]