Hungarian Master Classes

MASTER CLASS #2 (February 6, 2021)

Discussion with Author Owen Pataki

Learn how to become an author! Owen Pataki shares his secrets and walks you through the process of writing a book.

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MASTER CLASS #3 (February 13, 2021)

Seminar about Hungarian cultural dress with Piroska Nagy

Piroska Nagy has been teaching Hungarian culture at the american international school of Budapest since 2000. Born in the United States to parents who emigrated from Hungary following the defeat of the revolution in 1956, she received her MA in Ethnography from the Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest in 1986, and has been living in Hungary ever since. Piroska documented a majority of the events to the fall of Soviet dictatorship in Hungary in 1989, and an album of her photographs was published in 2011 titled “Years of Euphoria.”

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MASTER CLASS #4 (February 20, 2021)

Egg Decorating with Ildikó Fekete

”The love of Easter egg decorating has always been part of my life. In high school I started decorating in "irott" style as a hobby and after many years of research, exhibiting and book writing my work has become fruitful. My book, "viasszal irt üzenet"  came out in 2019. In the book you can see various styles of egg decoration from 15 different provinces throughout Hungary. In the book, you can learn how to paint eggs or just peruse the book as a keepsake especially during Easter.”

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MASTER CLASS #5 (February 27, 2021)

Feltmaking (Nemezelés) Techniques with Piroska Tóth

Piroska Tóth, a native of Hungary and a resident of New Jersey for 28 years, is a self-made felt maker and fiber enthusiast. During the last 2 decades her interest has lead her to many artists to learn various aspects and techniques of felt making from 3D sculptural to Shibori dyeing, rug making and fine Nuno felting. She likes to share her passion of felting and knitting with children and adults as well. Piroska also teaches and demonstrates wool processing and spinning in various schools in New Jersey.

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MASTER CLASS #6 (March 6th, 2021)

Discussion about the 1848-49 Hungarian Revolution with Tom Szigeti

Tom Szigeti is a PhD student in NYU’s history department. Originally from Cleveland, he spent several years working in Budapest as a journalist (and occasional ReConnect Hungary Guide) before returning to the US for graduate school, where he works on nationalism and memory in Austria-Hungary and her successor states.

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This recipe serves 4

1 ripe tomato chopped
1 big onion finely chopped
1 small green or red pepper
1.5 LBS of ground meat: Can be chicken, beef, pork or any combination of the three
8 large homemade crepes (to be prepared in advance of the class. Recipe and ingredients will be below this list).
1 large flat dish for the oven to hold the crêpes
1 cup of sour cream (plus some extra for serving)
2 TBS heavy cream
sweet Hungarian Paprika
a whisk

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Palacsinta recipe:

3 eggs
1 1/2 cups milk
pinch of salt
1 cup all purpose flour
2 TBs oil or butter

Step 1
Mix flour, eggs and a pinch of salt to a smooth consistency. slowly add milk, 2 TBLS of oil and let the batter rest for 1 hour.

Step 2
Heat a 7-inch crêpe pan and brush with butter. Pour 1/4 cup of batter into the pan and rotate it immediately to coat the bottom evenly; pour any excess batter back into the bowl. Cook the crêpe over moderate heat until lightly browned on the bottom, about 30 seconds. Flip the crêpe and cook the second side until brown dots appear, about 10 seconds longer. Transfer to a large plate. Repeat with the melted butter and remaining batter

Dobos torta ingredients list: 

Watch our Master Class and learn how to dance "Magyar Verbunk" folk dance too!

MASTER CLASS #7 (June 6, 2020) 

The Treaty of Trianon with Tom Szigeti