A Sweet Museum You'll Never Find

Photo by George Konkoly-Thege

He called the collection the "Dobos Memorial Gastronomy Museum," in reference to the most prized possessions: personal papers, photographs, letterhead, inscribed books, and baking equipment that belonged to József Dobos, the great 19th-century Hungarian cookbook author and pastry chef who created the Dobos torta, a fancy layer cake stuffed with chocolate butter-cream and topped with a layer of crispy caramel.

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Carolyn Banfalvi explores mementos of Hungary's culinary past at
A Sweet Museum You'll Never Find

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