DÓRA BITTERA (Budapest, 1958) studied English and French literature and linguistics at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest (1977–1982) and was all-round editor of the Hungarian Broadcasting Department, RFE/RL in Munich (1984–1994). While working as a translator and interpreter, and travelling widely as a foodie, she and her husband Tamás B. Molnár started publishing articles about cultural history in both the weekly feuilleton of Magyar Nemzet and on their blog, the Magic Chef. Together, they founded the Hungarian Culinary Society in 2004 with the aim of revitalising Hungarian food culture, the three core focus areas being: training of cooks, better products, deeper public awareness of food quality.