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Extra Bites: A Hungarian Food Revolution

Extra Bites: A Hungarian Food Revolution

How TV chefs taught Hungary to eat again after the Soviet occupation

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Jan 12, 2023
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This week on Cooking the Books, Irina Georgescu tells me about growing up under the communist dictatorship of Romania. Click here to listen.

The episode reminded me of my visit to Budapest when I was researching Taste and the TV Chef, my 2020 book which tells the story of how TV taught us to eat. I remembered the stories of those who ached for the food …

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