Rachel Laudan

Rachel Laudan

Rachel Laudan, an Austin-based historian and writer, has lived and dined on five continents, as well as the Hawaiian Islands. Her award-winning book Cuisine and Empire: Cooking in World History explores 5,000 years of global food connections. (Photo Credit: Larry Laudan)

Goulash began as a humble soup-stew, cooked over an open fire by Hungarian herdsmen. The addition of refined varieties of paprika from ground red chilies made the dish an international staple.

Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: The Danube

The Humble Beginnings of Goulash

The hearty soup-stew known around the world began as the everything-goes-in meal of Hungarian herdsmen

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