2021 Update
Community Cuisine sometimes seems like a relic from times gone - a business where owners and customers have known each other personally for years. We’ve been through moves, illnesses, marriages and deaths of loved ones with some of you – not to speak of a pandemic...
United Nations International Day Of Peace
Please come join us to gather with many people around the world to celebrate the International Day of Peace. Because this year the 21st falls on a Monday we expect a large crowd because what better is there to do than come together for peace on a Monday night!?A "Pay...
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How Does It All Fit Together: Jars and Community Dinners
These jars can be quite annoying! They have to be cleaned. They are heavy and can break. And they have to be stored upside down so nothing can fall into them; then turned over to be filled. And so it goes! But wait! I love the jars and I love the community dinners for...
Salt Only Dishes
One thing I love about seasonal, local veggies is that they make beautiful salt only dishes. No other seasonings are needed! A great example is the tomato pepper stew, called Letscho. At least that is how the Hungarian name was said in my childhood in Vienna. At the...
The Kindness of Vegetables
If you think I am crazy, you may be right. But my state of mind is not the point here. This is an exploration of the vegetable’s character. As the title indicates, kindness is central to most vegetables’ nature. I am not acquainted enough with all of them to say that...
Welcome to our website
Daniel (the one who is always around me - he's not god he's just my husband) told me that I should write more about my thoughts and beliefs about community food. So - I seem to have a brilliant thought about once every 5 months - so here are my articles from the last...
Sharing food
Growing up I have heard a story from my dad’s childhood many times. He would tell me about how poor they were, and about the lack of food during the war. The weekly meat ration for a family with five kids was 350 grams – less than one pound. On Sundays, when the meat...
The veggies don’t ever let me down
I am often confused. Should I try to make a difference in the world or is it best to focus on my own inner peace and happiness because then these beautiful qualities will spread and that is the best contribution I can make? Does it even make sense to figure out how to...