HUNGARIAN GLOSSARY OF FOODS AND FOOD TERMS Bankoti: name given to the high-gluten content Hungarian wheat. Barack: apricot brandy. Csipetke: literally “pinched noodles” made by preparing a stiff dough from eggs, flour, and water then pinching off tiny pieces and dropping them in boiling salted water to cook. Cukraszda: one ...

BUDAPEST The capital of Hungary, Budapest is actually a union of three cities, Buda, Pest, and Obuda, which joined in 1873 to form, among other things, what is, arguably, the pastry and coffeehouse capital of the world. Reputedly the city of “romance, wine and Gypsy music,” Budapest is also the ...