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Recounts the history of Hungarian cuisine, and provides traditional recipes for soups, appetizers, fish, poultry, meat, game, stews, dumplings, vegetables, salads, sauces, breads, and desserts (view table of contents)

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Photographs accompany recipes for the Cafe des Artistes' most famous aperitifs, appetizers, soups, pasta, brunches, desserts, and fish, meat, and poultry dishes