I've been experimenting more than usual with spices recently, and so pungent Hungarian paprika has been very much on my radar, bringing back memories of a three-week stint in Hungary several years ago. This spice is used in cookery throughout much of the world, but boy do Madyars love them some reddish pepper powder – and in some cases in much stronger versions than the capsicum annuum in your own kitchen. The stuff was introduced by the invading Turks in the 16th century, but over the centuries since...keep reading