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If you’ve been in Budapest lately, you may have noticed a giant wooden rocking horse. It’s a public art installation appropriately called “The Rocking Horse“, which can accommodate up to 70 participants. The structure has been displayed at several different locations in the city. András Huszár and Gábor Miklós Szoke are the designers behind the project. Check out this video below to [...]
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Situated on Vörösmarty tér is the legendary Café Gerbeaud. Founded in 1858 by Kugler Henrik and named after Emile Gerbeaud, the Swiss pastry chef who bought it in 1884, the café has been an iconic landmark in Budapest for over 150 years. While Gerbeaud’s heyday has long passed since the time of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, [...]
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This recipe for Hungarian walnut torte (dios torta) is by food writer and blogger Liz Posmyk from Bizzy Lizzy’s Good Things. “My mother and my aunt would bake this cake on very special occasions. It’s a big, delicious, European cake. Like dobos torta, one bite will have you fantasizing about it for life!”. Ingredients Sponge cake: 6 large [...]
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