Stuffed cabbage rolls are truly iconic dish, representative of the Szék region of Romania.

Halászlé (Hungarian fisherman’s stew) is a popular celebratory dish, often served during Lent or on Christmas Eve.

Almost every Hungarian grandmother seems to have a brittle, hand-written note safely stored between pages of her cookbook that holds the recipe for this beloved comfort food, the Vanilla Wreath cookie.

Meat-based soups, with a sour flavor resulting from the addition of seasonal fruit have been an important part of the Transylvanian Hungarian cuisine

These flaky, savory biscuits are a quintessential snack in Hungary, with each region or city claiming its own unique version, with variations size, shape, texture and flavor.

Vinetta is the Transylvanian name for a dish known in Hungary as padlizsán krém or salată de vinete in the rest of Romania.

Tyúkhúsleves májgombóccal (Chicken Soup with Liver Dumplings) is a dish traditionally prepared at weddings

To kick off the 47th annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival, chefs Péter Utasi and Ilona Kollár of the Bácska region of Hungary demonstrated the preparation of one of Hungary’s most popular festival foods, truly a celebratory snack, the lángos.

Few dishes are quite as rugged as Karcag Mutton Stew. The dish (Birkapörkölt in Hungarian) is often associated with the Nagykunság (Great Cumania) region of east-central Hungary

Literally translated as “herdsman soup,” but commonly known as goulash, gulyásleves can be traced back to the ancient nomadic tribe of Magyars