From One Chocolate Lover To Another, My Favorite Chocolate Dessert Recipes
I freely admit to my love of chocolate, but I’m very picky about how I like that chocolate, especially in recipes. Not everyone agrees with me! I must have walnuts in my brownies and I like cake-like rather than fudgy, for example, but I do think you will appreciate many of these tested recipes which I have made many times over the years.
The one thing all these desserts have in common is the addition of rich chocolate flavor as the main ingredient. Do not only read, gaze and dream- bake and eat!
chocolate batter on mixer beaters
The Velvety Richness of Real Chocolate
Rich dark chocolate cake and fudge icing, easy brownies full of cocoa flavor and walnuts, Auntie Mary cookies with melting chocolate filling, and a cream cheesecake with sweet chocolate flavor… delve in and indulge.
My kids loved to lick the spoon, …and the bowl … but the best part is the final result: cake with the buttercream frosting, or the delicate “Auntie Mary’s” with a hot cup of Christmas tea, or just baked brownies cut in generous squares.
Now you can enjoy these recipes with your family.
brownie dessert
Moist, Extra Rich Cake with Fudge Buttercream frosting
best-chocolate-cake
Chocolate Velvet Cake
Deeply satisfying, rich chocolate cake with a smooth chocolate frosting. Make the best double chocolate layer cake for any occasion.
Melt chocolate chips with ¼ cup water in saucepan over low heat until smooth.
Sift flour, soda, and salt together.
Combine sugar, butter, and vanilla, beat well. Add eggs one at a time, beating well.
Blend in melted chocolate to egg mixture
Stir in flour mixture alternating with 1 cup water.
Pour into two greased and floured 9" cake pans.
Bake for 30-35 minutes @ 375° . Cool.
Frosting:
Melt chocolate and butter in double boiler.
Add milk, vanilla, and salt; mix until well blended.
Beat in confectioner's sugar gradually.
Frost and fill Chocolate Velvet Cake.
Auntie Mary Cookies
title=”Good for any special event, a rich cream cheese cookie with velvety chocolate filling.”
Folded inside rich cream cheese pastry is a melty chocolate filling. – The melted chocolate in the center makes this a very special treat. One of my family’s favorites.
Auntie Mary Cookies
This is -hands down- my children's favorite cookie. It is very rich and due to cream cheese dough is not a long keeper, but it is meltingly delicious. Try our family favorite, and store in a covered container in the refrigerator.
1 Baker's German sweet chocolate4 oz. pkg. -melted and cooled.
Equipment
1 10 inch pie pan
Method
Instructions
Add sugar to cheese in a bowl, beating well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla.
Measure 2 cups of the cheese mixture and fold in melted chocolate. Pour remaining cheese mixture into well-buttered 10 inch pie pan or 9-inch square pan.
Add spoonfuls of the chocolate-cheese mixture and zig-zag a spatula through batter to marble.
Bake at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes. Cool; then chill. Cut in 9 inch wedges.
*** for just chocolate flavor add 1 more pkg. Baker's German sweet chocolate and mix all together in batter.
I Love Chocolate
…just like millions of you do!
And I want my chocolate desserts to taste a certain way.
The Best Chocolate Flavor Should Be…
Full of chocolate flavor and highlighting the best ingredients in a way that fulfills my desire for the way the baked goodies ought to taste. Moist or cakey, fudgy and rich – it doesn’t matter as long as it is the best incarnation of its kind in a chocolate dessert.
rich chocolate brownie
My Favorite Brownies – the best brownie recipe
I don’t usually frost my brownies, but there is an icing recipe included, for those of you who do.
(hint) Don’t ever overbake brownies.
Chocolate Walnut Brownies
Rich and dense cake-like texture makes decadent and addictive brownies
Melt butter and chocolate in double boiler. Cool slightly.
Beat eggs until foamy and add sugar gradually. Add butter and chocolate mixture, blend. Add the flour. Add nuts. Stir together and pour into greased 9x9x2 " pan.
Bake at 325° for 40-50 minutes.
Notes
Optional chocolate icing:
2 c. sugar 1/2 c. white corn syrup 3/4 c. heavy cream 1 square chocolate 1 tsp. vanilla 3 T. butter Melt first three ingredients to the softball stage, add the resulting syrup to butter, add vanilla and beat well.
The Good News about Chocolate
The good news is that it is healthy for you. Of course that news is tempered by how much and what kind of fat you mix with it or the amounts of sugar you ingest, but indulging in this favorite flavor can be good for your health.
Tips:
Dark is better
High Cacao percentage is healthier
High levels of flavonals
mocha walnut cookies
Mocha Walnut Drops
Mocha Walnut Drops
A favorite for Christmas... though I didn't include it in my Christmas cookie collection yet....
Ingredients
Don’t ever burn chocolate… not even a hint of it. That is why melting chocolate calls for a double boiler. Basically that is cooking the pan of the chocolate over a pan of hot water, just to melt the chocolate.
Any chocolate chips can work, but better quality chocolate means better tasting final product.
melted chocolate1
Double Boiler – To Melt the Chocolate Perfectly, A Double Boiler
The number one thing to remember when cooking or baking with chocolate is to never, I mean never, let it burn. Even allowing it to melt at too high a temperature can prove harmful to the flavor.
If you care enough to buy high quality chocolate, then it is more than worthwhile to have a double boiler in your kitchen. The bottom pot hold water which is heated directly from the burner, while the upper pot holds the delicate ingredient which is desired to bring to melting temperature. This help the squares to turn to silky liquid form without danger of burning.
This is a good quality, while not too expensive double boiler pot. It is serviceable for all your chocolate melting needs I think. I’ve used Farberware pots, my mother and my grandmother used them. They last, and they look good. More importantly they cook and clean well.
Directions for Melting Chocolate in a Double Boiler
checkerboard cookies
Checkerboard Cookies
Makes 60 checkerboards.
Bake some yummy cookies to have during your next board game bonanza. These are usually just vanilla and chocolate but one inventive foodie has made them into something that looks and tastes special.
Checkerboard Cookies
Makes 60 checkerboards.Bake some yummy cookies to have during your next board game bonanza. These are usually just vanilla and chocolate but one inventive foodie has made them into something that looks and tastes special.
:: Make the strawberry dough by placing the butter, sugars, salt, strawberry powder, and sumac in the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Cream the butter and sugar until it is light and fluffy, about three minutes on medium. Add the vanilla extract and split the vanilla bean lengthwise and scrape out the seeds into the batter. Add the egg and beat to incorporate.
:: Add the flour in three portions, beating to incorporate between additions, scraping down the sides with a large spatula. Once the flour is blended in, divide the dough in half and pat the dough down into a 6 x 6 x 1/2 inch square. Wrap tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm (about 20 to 30 minutes). Repeat with the second half of the dough.
:: Make the chocolate dough by placing the butter, sugars, and salt in the same bowl (don't bother cleaning it) of the standing mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Cream the butter and sugar until it is light and fluffy, about three minutes on medium. Add the vanilla extract and split the vanilla bean lengthwise and scrape out the seeds into the batter. Add the egg and beat to incorporate.
:: Place the flour, cocoa powders, and instant coffee in a small bowl stir vigorously with a balloon whisk until well blended. Add these dry ingredients in three portions, beating to incorporate between additions, scraping down the sides with a large spatula. Once the flour is blended in, divide the dough in half and pat the dough down into a 6 x 6 x 1/2 inch square. Wrap tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate (about 20 to 30 minutes). Repeat with the second half of the dough.
:: Take the doughs out of the refrigerator. Brush the top of one of the strawberry dough 6 x 6 squares with water completely. Place one of the chocolate dough squares on top of it, and press down firmly to adhere the dough. Brush the top of this chocolate dough with water and place the remaining strawberry dough square on top of that, pressing down firmly. Finally brush the top of this strawberry square with water and place the remaining chocolate dough on top of that, pressing down firmly. You should have a 2 inch thick stack of 6 x 6 square dough, alternating in layers. Wrap with plastic wrap and place back in the refrigerator for 20 to 30 minutes until firm.
:: Once the dough has firmed up, trim the edges of the square to make a completely square piece of dough. Set the trimming aside for marbled zebra cookies (instructions to follow). Cut a 1/2 inch strip from the square. Place one strip flat, and then brush it top of it with water. Cut another 1/2 inch strip from the square and rotate the strip 180 degrees so it alternates with the bottom strip. Place on the strip brushed with water and press firmly down. Wrap with plastic wrap. Repeat with the remaining cookie dough. Chill until firm (another 20 to 30 minutes).
:: To make marbled zebra cookies, brush the top of one trimming with water and place another trimming on top, alternating dough strips. Repeat until all the trimmings are placed on each other. Flatten and twist the trimmings together, turning clockwise with one hand, while counterclockwise with the other. Roll out the dough to a 12 inch length, and fold over once. Form the dough into a thick 1 1/2 inch roll pressing firmly down to make sure the different doughs stick together. Wrap with plastic wrap and chill until firm (another 20 to 30 minutes).
:: While the dough is chilling, preheat the oven to 350˚F. Line two baking sheets with silpats or parchment paper. Once the dough has firmed up, slice the dough into 1/2" thick cookies and place on the baking sheet, about an inch apart. Bake in the oven for 11 to 13 minutes, or until the edges of the cookies start to brown ever so slightly. Cool on the sheet for ten minutes before moving them to a wire cooling rack.
The Best Brownies Should Always…
– be the way I like them 🙂
brownies in a baking pan
Cakelike or Gooey?
I say cakelike brownies are the best way to enjoy them, and add walnuts while you are at it; my kids say fudgelike and no nuts! What is your opinion?
What is your opinion on the texture of the best brownies?
Think of this as a recipe index for the food and cooking pages made by Ilona1 online. It doesn’t matter how or where they were published, it only matters how yummy they will be once you cook them up in your kitchen. Hungarian foods, Desserts, Christmas dinners, whatever tried and tested recipes I post on here are for you to use and enjoy and now you can find them all quickly!
The Best
Bookmark this food recipe collection for whenever you want the great recipe for Paprikash, or green tea cupcakes – that’s right, green tea cupcakes! Admittedly, they are an acquired taste, but my chocolate desserts are the best.
All recipes are what I consider the best recipes in my collection. These have come from family, friends, magazines, and favorite cookbooks over the years.
I guarantee you will love the Christmas cookie collection– those are the very “best of the best “of many recipes which I have been baking for years. Rich, buttery, and truly special.
My Favorite Cookbook – Good HouseKeeping Cookbook
Of all the cookbooks I’ve used over the years, the Good Housekeeping has been my best loved one due to the fact that the recipes always come out well, and they are excellent in providing a broad range of great flavors. It is the first cookbook I go to to find a really good recipe for something I want to make.
Whether you need exotic spices, or just something new to cook up- like a different way to fix chicken, here are the posts that will help you explore world cuisines, or old fashioned favorites. All you need is a good recipe, fresh, high quality ingredients, and a little time. You can improve your quality of life or your health if you choose recipes that create a tasty way to eat what is good for you! There are lots of reasons to not only go looking through good collections of recipes, but to actually try them.
Main Entrée
salmon
10 Old Fashioned Chicken Dishes Tonight!10 Old Fashioned Chicken Dishes To Cook Tonight
Nothing beats the good old fashioned recipes for comfort food, and many of them are main dish chicken dinners. Start out with Chicken and Dumplings? Or pick from nine other choices for tonight.
Grilled Salmon with Herbes de Provence A fresh way to fix Salmon featuring the flavorings of France. I like this recipe anytime of year, but it is especially nice in Summertime.
Desserts & Delights
My Family’s Best Blueberry Blintz Williams-Sonoma Essentials of Breakfast & Brunch Blintzes were one of the first recipes I learned to make as a young wife and new mother. I had opened up a bank account, and banks in those days often offered gifts to new customers. In this case,.
The Sweet Red Cherry Elected For Presidents Day Sweet Red Cherries, Good For Your Health
If you see fresh, ripe, sweet cherries at the market, grab them up! They are full of antioxidants for good health, and they taste sublime. After you discover more about them, try one of the recipes.
Cupcakes in Columbus
Cute cupcakes which I found on my rounds through Columbus, Ohio
Celebrations
Christmas gingerbread
Potluck Party Idea: Have A Middle Eastern Hafla
Have the Arabian Nights version of a potluck party. Serve wonderful Middle Eastern flavors in easy to serve finger foods and buffet items. Dress up the venue with a few simple rugs and screens. Voila!
Holiday Peanut Butter Fudge The Easiest, Best Peanut Butter Fudge
For my family, the is the BEST, the only peanut fudge to make. Friends agree, and I bet you will like it,too. Use fresh ingredients for best results.
A Day for Cherry Pie Bet you didn’t know there was a special day just for cherry pie! I love all fruit pies, but the one celebrated on February 20 is the best. Make 2 delicious recipes with plenty of how-to tips.
Hungarian Flavor
Trinkets of Hungarian culture
Hungarian Baking: Apple Filled, Sour Cream Bundt Cake Hungarian Apple Bundt Cake
Apple cakes are perhaps the favorite Hungarian cake recipe known by most Americans. Sometimes they are intricate and fancy affairs, like apple pite, but most of the apple cakes are delicious homebaked cakes which are loved by all. You know the…
Famous Hungarian Chicken Paprikash Make authentic Hungarian Paprikas and delight your friend and family. The underestimated cuisine that is world class deliciousness has a number of key recipes. This is one of the finest.
Famous Hungarian Food I know you’re familiar with Italian and French food, but did you know that Hungary has one of the finest of world cuisines? Explore some of the great flavors and creations, delight your palate.
Coffee Break And Hungarian Coffee Cake My Grandmother loved to bake, and as a young wife I remember getting together with friends for old fashioned Coffee Klatches with a cup of coffee and a sweet morsel. What happened to those?
Hungarian Braided Coffee Cake -Kuglof Continuing to bring a little of my Grandmother’s Hungarian baking to your kitchen. This braided coffee cake is a little more advanced,. Try it for breakfast or on a holiday table. It has raisins.
Mother’s Favorite: Lemon Kossuth Cookies She would whip these up because they are easy and their lemony, light textured taste is a delight. I remember her pleasure when she baked these Hungarian cookie staples.
Kifli Cookies are another traditional Hungarian favorite. These are the ones I am partial to. I bake them only at Christmas time, but they are a special cookie for all occasions and seasons.
Collections
10 Meals To Make With Roast Chicken First roast a chicken, it’s easy, then make any of 10 delicious delicious dishes from all sorts of fine world cuisines.
Ilona’s Favorite Chocolate Desserts Everyone seems to love chocolate desserts, including me. That is why I put together m family’s favorites: the best dessert recipes, tested through the years and found to be delicious.
My Best Ever Christmas Cookie Recipes All my family favorites packed into this one page. Guaranteed delicious, I have baked them since I was a young wife and mother more than thirty years ago. Christmas cookies must be special-these are!
Starring Your Favorite Spice Cookies The smell of cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves, allspice, mace and molasses fills the air when you bake these well loved cookies. The crunch, the chewiness, or melting softness when dunked in your coffee, it tastes like Christmas and brings memories to…
Amazing Recipes – These aren’t mine. Yet.
Organize Your Own Recipes
Eventually, the realization that a way to keep your favorites, and to pass them on to someone else will lead to organizing the collections. I like personal binders for a simple system. Find yours, there are many ways that cooks create a solution that works for them.
How About Cooking Classes?
Martha Stewart’s Cooking School: Lessons and Recipes for the Home Cook Is it time to get serious about the techniques in the art of cooking and baking? You could watch a zillion videos from cooking shows or you can get lessons from a master! Buy Now Being able to print a recipe is a major convenience when looking for recipes to try from the internet.
Food and gardening go together. Start collecting and sharing recipes that center on veggies, fruits, and herbs- you know, the things that we grow in our gardens!
All About Mint Tea From pure herbal concoctions to mint infused green teas, there are many ways to enjoy the healthful benefits of the mint plant.
The Moroccan Tea Glass The delicate glasses are beautiful without the tea, but try this staple of Moroccan hospitality for a refreshing taste of mint.
Red Rose Petals For Your Wedding, Food, And Crafts Used through the ages, follow the romance of how petals have imparted fragrance in so many sweet ways. Whether you strew aisles and tables, make jam or rosebeads, they’re delightful.
Lavender For Cooks It may be new to you, but this French cooking secret is going to add a wonderful flavor to some really delicious recipes. Try culinary lavender in your cooking today.
Cardamom Spice, Recipes to Warm a Heart Try this warm and delightful spice to add flavor and intrigue to your cooking and baking. Your family and guest will ask in wonderment:
Not an innovator I just collect good recipes that I and my family like to eat. I like Martha Stewart for many reasons… in the garden, cooking food, decorating. She’s a Renaissance woman. The book on Pies and tarts is just one of Martha Stewarts many excellent books on culinary topics. America’s taste maven never fails to impress with the quality of the recipes (top priority in a cookbook), but also in all aspects of the presentation. Every time I use one of her recipes I get success.
They really are foolproof recipes.
Pies will always be a favorite addition to menus for all types of occasion. Make this book a gift for someone who likes to cook, or for yourself. Martha Stewart’s New Pies and Tarts: 150 Recipes for Old-Fashioned and Modern Favorites Buy Now
If you see fresh, ripe, sweet cherries at the market, grab them up! They are full of antioxidants for good health, and they taste sublime. After you discover more about them, try one of the recipes.
Usually casseroles are considered everyday fare, but Lemon Chicken casserole is the exception! The delicious flavors dress up this simple recipe that combines with fancy vegetable and salad side dishes of your choice.
The ease and simplicity of this dish streamlines the preparation for a company meal, so the hosts can fully enjoy their time with guests.
Lemon Chicken Casserole
The creamy lemon flavor makes this special and delicious.So many chicken casseroles! This one stands out because it iis easy, good enough for company, and EVERYONE likes it. You could be the rare exception, but I wouldn't bet on that. It does have many calories from ingredients like the sour cream. You can make your own white sauce with a base of chicken broth if you don't like canned cream of chicken soup. Then it isn't as easy, but this is up to you.
1Large can of cream of chicken soup OR 2 regular cans
½pintsour cream
1fresh lemon juice
1packageRitz* crackers crumbled
Equipment
Casserole pan
Method
Mix the soup, lemon juice, and sour cream in a large bowl; add chicken pieces.
Pour into oven proof casserole pan.
Cover top with crumbled Ritz crackers.
Bake for 45 minutes or so until heated throughout in a moderate oven. I like a lower heat like 325°, so that the sour cream is slowly heated through. Serve over noodles.
Notes
Tips: You can use whatever noodles you want, but I like a medium width egg noodle. * You can use any butter flavored cracker, but I like to use the Ritz brand. Experiment with yogurt instead of sour cream, but there will be a different consistency to the sauce. Sometimes I thin down and create more sauce with a splash of milk before adding to the chicken. More calories? Pour a bit of melted butter over the cracker crumbs. This recipe can serve 6-8 people generously. It depends on the appetites.
Delight yourself with discovering one of the ten recipes that I collected to use roasted chicken, from classics to exotic.
Spinach makes a very healthy salad green; pair it with strawberries and walnuts in a light raspberry vinaigrette dressing and you have a fabulous set of flavors and a bowlful of antioxidants and bioflavanoids.
Something good for you that tastes good, too.
Add Luscious Strawberry Slices
Strawberry slices add extra vitamins and flavor.
Nutritional Value Is High
WHY SHOULD YOU EAT LEAFY GREENS?
Because they are full of nutrients, add fiber to your diet, and contribute to your well being.
Carotenoids vitamin A, lutein and zeaxanthin can be found in such additions as spinach and lettuces.
Substances in spinach called inorganic nitrates help muscles work more efficiently.
“Dietary intake of watercress may be sufficient to modulate this potential anti-cancer pathway.” – Health benefits of Salad Greens
Greens are good source of folate.
“A recent study from Ohio State University measured how well phytochemicals were absorbed by the body after people ate a salad of lettuce, carrot, and spinach, with or without 2 1/2 tablespoons of avocado. The avocado-eaters absorbed eight times more alpha-carotene and more than 13 times more beta-carotene (both of which are thought to help protect against cancer and heart disease) than the group eating salads without avocado” – WebMD
“To remember a successful salad is generally to remember a successful dinner; at all events, the perfect dinner necessarily includes the perfect salad.”
George Ellwanger (1848-1906)
Spinach Strawberry Salad with Raspberry-Mustard Dressing
Delicious summer salad combining healthful spinach with delicious fruit.
Whisk together the vinegar, oil, onion powder, mustard, and preserves. Salt and pepper to taste.
Toss the spinach with vinaigrette dressing, layer on the strawberries and onion, sprinkle with walnuts and crumbled cheese.
* For a real treat, toast the walnuts for a minute or so in the oven before assembling the salad.
* Another addition could be avocado, sliced thinly, which complements the textures and flavors of this salad.
Notes
The beauty of this salad is that it is easily made of readily available ingredients, and types of vinegar or mustard can be interchanged to meet what you might have on hand. It is also an incredibly beautiful and tasty way to include nutritious greens and fruit in your diet. any enough for company, but you will love having this spinach salad as a regular part of the menu.
Add Greens
This is a versatile salad, and while spinach is the classic, watercress or arugula can be added to the bowl -or just garnishing the top. Remember that variety brings in additional nutrients, so experiment with the ingredients you like best. The dressing complements many of your favorites with its fruity balsamic flavors.
Tips to Get the Best Flavors Possible
Nutrition Facts
Serving size: 2 cups
Calories
764
Calories from Fat
261
% Daily Value *
Fat 29 g
45%
Protein 10 g
20%
Sodium 455 mg
19%
* The Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet, so your values may change depending on your calorie needs. The values here may not be 100% accurate because the recipes have not been professionally evaluated nor have they been evaluated by the U.S. FDA.
Calories and Fat
Much of the calories and fat in this dish come from the cheese crumbles. If that is a concern, don’t use the cheese, maybe garnish with crunchy additions instead. However, the cheese also adds much of the protein, so take that into consideration when adjusting the recipe.
Try Adding Beet Cubes
Walnuts and beets bring variety to salad greens
Vary the Recipe
Most people like strawberries, but what if you are allergic to them, or you want something different?
To use the same dressing, but adding raspberry rather than strawberry preserves, or maybe plum, the fruit flavor remains.
Also consider using cubes or slices of small, sweet beetroot in place of the fresh strawberry. that would provide additional nutrients.
Don’t like walnuts? Try using pecans, instead.
Likewise, not everyone loves sliced onion in their salads. While I love the flavor it brings, it can be left out. Maybe add just a pinch of garlic to the dressing? It’s your call.
Use gorgonzola crumbles in place of the feta cheese.
If dairy is an issue simply make without the cheese crumbles.
Eat More Salad
“There was an Old Person of Fife,
Who was greatly disgusted with life;
They sang him a ballad,
and fed him on salad,
Which cured that Old Person of Fife.”
Growing Your Own
For this Wonderful Salad Recipe Spinach is a very simple green to grow in the spring or fall. It takes little space in the garden and offers plenty of dark leafy greens.
A salad green that is easily seeded in spring, just like lettuce.
I grew up with an appreciation of my Hungarian heritage. I’ve written articles to highlight the cultural richness of the Magyar people, which, of course, includes recipes from their world-class cuisine. I put together this topic page to highlight some of the best of Hungarian culture.
About This Page
Explore the folk crafts, the music, and some of the foods Hungarians are famous for; sample some history, learn about their unique dog breeds. While many of the linked articles are onsite, many are off-site in my collection of Hubpages, which open in a new window.
A Bit of Trivia
Hungarian culture is rich and when you are Hungarian you are proud of that fact. Collecting a number of articles that revolve around my heritage and its culture has resulted in a Hungarian curation to keep track of them and highlight them for interested visitors.
Proud of Hungarian Heritage
An old magazine cover illustrated by famous Hungarian illustrator Willy Pogany.
Most people are probably proud of their ancestry and enjoy their common culture. Everyone wonders at one time or another about their “roots”. Maybe you were lucky enough to have family traditions, foods, and love of a culture handed down to you. Maybe you were really lucky and had Hungarian roots!
I enjoy learning the things that make Hungarian culture unique. I believe some things are passed on through the generations and we aren’t even completely aware of how they are rooted in our specific heritage until we learn something about it.
Many famous people, Actors, Scientists, Athletes, and much more than that have Hungarian roots.
Franz Liszt Hungary’s premier composer lived an incredibly romantic life during the Romantic Age. Hungarian Rhapsody? Lisztmania? It’s all recounted in this short biography of the man and his music.
Hungarian Crafts: Famous for their Embroidery
All over the country, crafts are sold by individuals hawking their wares. When I visited Hungary, there were roadside purveyors of tablecloths and clothing. Of course, shops abound, but it is fun to buy something from a local craftsperson.
Decorative Folk Arts
Hungarian Easter eggs
Hungarian Easter Eggs Eastern European egg designs for Easter are beautifully intricate. Hungarians have their own style.
Hungarian Decorative Painting Hungarian embroidery is well known, the same intensive detail and color is repeated in the paintings that cover walls in the region of Kalocsa, and the furnishings which are reminiscent of tole.
Folk Crafts, Embroidery
Embroidered sleeves
Hungarian Kalocsa Folk Embroidery Of the numerous regional styles of Hungarian embroidery, the one from Kalocsa seems to have captured everyone’s heart. It is light, bright, and cheerful.
Hungarian Embroidery Overview Hungary is famous for its embroidery, for the sheer exuberance of its color and style. Discover what makes this craft popular with collectors, some history and how to make some projects of your own.
About the Matyó Region, Distinctive Style
Cultural Identity
“Magyar” is what the original Hungarian people called themselves, pronounced “mud`yar”. Even though the nation itself is made of numerous ethnicities. They are a proud people and preserve their culture and language. Today there is a revival of the folk arts.
Tales to Tell
Hungarian fairytales and the fairies themselves are a bit different than what you’re used to, read about the Tunderek, Hungarian Fairy Lore.
Confidence in the Ancient Virtues
Confidence in the ancient virtues
Old History Lives on in Hungary
A Love of Decoration from Peasant to King
King’s robe embroidered with gold, made in 1031 AD.
Hungarian Order of St. Stephen Official Robes; Red and Green Ermine-edged Velvet, Gold Embroidery
The Hungarians held the line on behalf of Christian Europe, the cost to their nation was incredibly high. The population was decimated by the wars with the Ottoman Turks, which destroyed their own country.
Over their history the Magyars developed distinctive decorative arts. Well known for the heavily embroidered fabric arts, the motifs found their way onto painted surface. Discover Hungarian Decorative Painting.
Modern History, in Short
World War 1 resulted in the partition of Hungary under terms of the Treaty of Trianon, when Hungary lost 71% of its lands.
After World War 2 Hungary was dominated by Soviet Russia, and was a Communist state.
1956 Uprising was an important, though tragic, event in modern Hungarian history.
In 1989, Communism fell and the Third Republic instituted.
Presently, a Fourth Republic with a new constitution is the government of Hungary.
Magyar
Sew it on anything!
World Class Cuisine
Not Just Goulash
-but what Goulash! Delicious and easy.
Fantastic Food From Hungarian Cooks
Their cooking is a world class cuisine, and my idea of comfort food. Get a taste sampling Chicken Paprikas or other tasty recipes like the well known Stuffed Cabbage.
I’ve been posting other recipes for those who wish to try these delicious dishes and desserts:
Famous Hungarian Chicken Paprikash Make authentic Hungarian Paprikas and delight your friend and family. The underestimated cuisine that is world class deliciousness has a number of key recipes. This is one of the finest.
Goulash: What I Learned From Hungarian Church Cookbo… Food choices tell you a lot about a culture and social change. If you have paid attention to Church cookbooks you might have noticed some things.
Famous Hungarian Food I know you’re familiar with Italian and French food, but did you know that Hungary has one of the finest of world cuisines? Explore some of the great flavors and creations, delight your palate.
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The book on Pies and tarts is just one of Martha Stewarts many excellent books on culinary topics. America’s taste maven never fails to impress with the quality of the recipes (top priority in a cookbook), but also in all aspects of the presentation. Every time I use one of her recipes I get success.
They really are foolproof recipes.
Pies will always be a favorite addition to menus for all types of occasion. Make this book a gift for someone who likes to cook, or for yourself. 
