Chef and baker Rachel Raj. (Dániel Végel/ Boook Publishing)
Latkesz, or Hanukkah matzah meal latkes, from Rachel Raj s My Life in the Kitchen. (Dániel Végel/ Boook Publishing)
Challah from Rachel Raj s My Life in the Kitchen. (Dániel Végel/ Boook Publishing)
Rachel Raj, center, working in the Boook test kitchen, Budapest, July 2020. (Yaakov Schwartz/ Times of Israel)
Deviled eggs, called Jewish eggs in Hungary, with duck foie gras from Rachel Raj s My Life in the Kitchen. (Dániel Végel/ Boook Publishing)
Rachel Raj s famous flodni, in full cake form. (Courtesy)
BUDAPEST When The Times of Israel joined Rachel Raj at her publisher’s test kitchen during a photoshoot for her upcoming cookbook, the celeb baker and chef was ready and waiting with a heaping plate of hamantaschen, a traditional Purim holiday treat.