by Liz | Mar 15, 2020 | Holidays and Traditions
I grew up in Youngstown, Ohio and was a part of a Hungarian dance group at St. Stephen’s of Hungary church in Struthers, Ohio. Ruth Fabian was our instructor and she had the patience of a saint! I was a youngster during that time but I always looked up to the...
by Liz | Mar 15, 2020 | Learning Hungarian
Are ready for spring? Are you ready to be distracted from the stresses of the day? Music can be a wonderful way to add to your Hungarian knowledge. It also can have a calming effect. Here are a few of my favorite folk songs from some of my favorite current artists. I...
by Liz | Mar 15, 2020 | History and Inventions
March 15th is a national holiday in Hungary, designed to commemorate the events of the 1848-49 Hungarian Revolution. There are typically huge celebrations all around the country as well as all around the world. Celebrate wherever you live and learn a bit about what...
by Liz | Feb 14, 2020 | Wine & Kitchen Conversations
Let’s talk about Kifli! But to set the stage for this discussion, let’s talk about the game Telephone! If you have ever played this game, you know that someone starts it off by one person whispering a sentence very quietly to the person next to them and...
by Liz | Feb 14, 2020 | History and Inventions
A couple of years ago, I was able to visit Mohács, Hungary during the Carnival season. Carnival — Farsang, in Hungarian, marks the end of winter. Some of the celebration is connected to fertility as well as the destruction of Old Man Winter. There is a lot of...
