Chef Csilla Thackray Reveals the Inspiration Behind Titusz

Chef Csilla Thackray Reveals the Inspiration Behind Titusz

PHOTO BY SARAH LAPONTE The cooking at Titusz begins with “a rather heavy hand of paprika,” the deep-red spice that defines much of Hungarian cuisine. Chicken paprikash, one of Hungary’s defining dishes, takes its identity from the spice itself. Paprika became central to Hungarian cooking in the 18th and 19th centuries, when farmers in regions like Szeged and Kalocsa began cultivating the sweet red peppers that would replace black pepper as the c…