The wood fired oven.

Rising Prospects

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June 21st 2008
This is the third post in a series about my recent return visit to Transylvania....a place I have grown to love like my own. Bread. Bread has been central to the diet of these small Hungarian speaking villages for centuries. During the communist era, when flour was a scarce commodity, you didn't make it at home. Instead you waited for the weekly ration of black bread to be delivered to t ... read more

Europe » Romania » Transilvania » Harghita » Homorod Valley

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The principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia - for centuries under the suzerainty of the Turkish Ottoman Empire - secured their autonomy in 1856; they united in 1859 and a few years later adopted the new name of Romania. The country gained recognitio... ... read more