Customer Reviews

That Hungarian's in My Kitchen: 125 Hungarian, American and Kosher Recipes

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I grew up with Hungarian kosher cooking. My family comes from Kisvarda and Szeredne and Tokaj, and it's an insult to us, and to the martyrs from those places, to say that their cooking was a joke.

There's nothing like the smell of a hot goulash cooking on a cold winter day to warm a person, and to lift his/her spirits.

I enjoy and continue to enjoy Linda Radke's recipes. I just wish she had included more, such as fluden and g'ribener peas.

Haven't read the book but definitely won't read it when it already has a very annoying error on the cover page. The 's in the english grammar represents "his" and not "is". Therefore the title should either read "That Hungarian is in my Kitchen" or "That Hungarian's Kitchen"

"...a book collecting favorite and easy dishes." Publishers Weekly "...definetly a feast for the senses." Complete Women "This colorful cookbook, rich in tradition and steeped in a Hungarian-Jewish heritage, was written with both the novice cook and the sophisticated chef in mind." Texas Jewish Post "...traditional comfort food..." Ahwatukee Weekly News "The ingredients are easy to find and the directions make preparation simple." Tribune Newspapers "...the recipes are simple, using shortcuts. The well known Hungarian dishes...are all here." Hillel Library at Stanford "It is a warm cookbook of family traditions..." Milford Daily News "...assembled with love..." UJF Virginia News "If your mother is Hungarian, or is she simply likes Hungarian food, she'll love "That Hungarian's in My Kitchen." Heritage Newspapers "...charming..." New York Jewish News

First of all, Hungarian food and kosher just won't match!!! What a joke! Then, I have no idea where these recipes came from... not from a Hungarian's kitchen, for sure.
Instead of this, I'd recommend "Magdi's Quick and Easy Hungarian and Gourmet Recipes" for great tasting real Hungarian food, with detailed step-by-step pictures and explanations.

When I first thumbed through this cookbook, my immediate thought was that some dreadful mistake had been made, and that I'd been sent the wrong cookbook. After all, the recipes (largely unfamiliar to Hungarians, but that's another story) were generally followed by only one paragraph of text. In fact, what I've written up to this point was about all the information the author provided the reader in making each dish.

Well... ghastly, awful, a joke... all three of these terms would fairly and accurately descibe this so-called cookbook. But then it dawned on me, surely this is one of those vanity press jobs. And taken in that light, I think Amazon really ought to point out that fact to would-be buyers ahead of time. So please don't get fooled like I was. Repacking it and returning it to Amazon was certainly no pleasure.