Andras Koerner, never one to take a hobby lightly, decided in his 50s that he needed to learn to cook and plowed his way through every French cookbook he could get his hands on. It didn’t take long before he turned to a collection of recipes set down by his great-grandmother in Hungary. In them, he discovered a world that’s since disappeared. He’s combined recipes and other artifacts of her life in a book,
A Taste of the Past: The Daily Life and Cooking of a Nineteenth Century Hungarian Jewish Homemaker. Host Dean Olsher joins him in his kitchen to test out one of the recipes. Produced by Amanda Aronczyk.
Leave a Comment
Register for your own account so you can vote on comments, save your favorites, and more. Learn more.
Please stay on topic, be civil, and be brief.
Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments. Names are displayed with all comments. We reserve the right to edit any comments posted on this site. Please read the Comment Guidelines before posting. By leaving a comment, you agree to New York Public Radio's Privacy Policy and Terms Of Use.