My Year in the Kitchen: Favourite Dishes From Around the Globe

My Year in the Kitchen: Favourite Dishes From Around the Globe. Côte de Bœuf, Paris, France. Copyright © 2023 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

One of the things we love most about holiday rentals over hotels is that we’re able to cook and eat ‘at home’. Because unless you’re Keith Floyd (one of my inspirations as a wannabe cook in my 20s), you can’t just rock up to a hotel kitchen and whip something up. You can, however, do … Read more

Carolyn Bánfalvi’s Guide to Eating and Drinking in Budapest

Carolyn Bánfalvi's Guide to Eating and Drinking in Budapest. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Food writer Carolyn Bánfalvi was our guide for our Markets Tour in Budapest. Her knowledge of the local cuisine was so fantastic that we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to ask her a few more questions about eating and drinking in Budapest and get some tips for culinary take-homes from the city. Carolyn has lived … Read more

Pörkölt Recipe for the Stew Formerly Known as Goulash from Hungary

Pörkölt Recipe, the Stew Formerly Known as Goulash, Budapest, Hungary. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

This pörkölt recipe from Budapest, Hungary, makes the stew that most people know as goulash. When we first visited Budapest, my knowledge of Hungarian food and wine was limited to Bull’s Blood red wine, Tokaji sweet wine, salami, paprika, and the dish that was made using paprika – goulash. Given that I’ve been stewing and … Read more