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Hungarian gastronomy relies quite heavily on the practices of old peasant-style cooking and the versions incorporated into turn-of-the-century bourgeois cuisine. Typically, onions, paprika, and sour cream are the dominant flavors. FOR MEAT LOVERS Pork is the most common meat since, during the Turkish occupation, almost all domestic animals had to be turned in except for pork, because Muslims are not allowed to eat it. It follows that red paprika (Turkish pepper), bacon, and sausages are frequently used ingredients in Hungarian foods. In addition to processing the meat of the animal, Hungarians are also keen users of offal in many dishes. ... Read more

When the clocks strike midnight on New Year’s Eve, France will be under curfew and its citizens plan to celebrate with gourmet food rather than large groups of friends. At an open-air food market in Paris, fishmonger Rachid Bellahreche said orders were coming in smaller than usual, though his patrons were making up for having to downsize with lobster and scallops. “The seafood baskets are a bit smaller. But since they’ll be fewer around the table, people are buying better quality products,” Bellahreche said. France has the highest COVID-19 cases count in Western Europe and the fifth-largest in the world. ... Read more