A popular dessert bread all over the world, the kürtős kalács, known as chimney cake or funnel cake, is being sold all over the world. New vendors are popping up every day, people enjoy them everywhere, but few know that the roasted thin bread originates in a small Szekler-Hungarian village in Transylvania.
Author: Emese-Réka Fromm
A Hungarian native from Transylvania, Réka Fromm has been a Phoenix resident for almost three decades. She is a travel writer, who is also teaching Hungarian for English-speaking adults through HCA Phoenix. Her online home is at Wanderer Writes, where she publishes travel and culture-related stories.
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