Recipes and Stories from Eastern Europe

Pumpkin pie, but not as you know it

A seasonal sweet pie from Romania

Oct 16, 2024 • Irina Georgescu

Carnival Doughnuts and Balkan Heresies

Fărșang and Vrejcule, Bulgarian doughnuts from south-west Transylvania

Feb 12 • Irina Georgescu

Culinary Infidelities

On Food and Identity Across The Balkans

Feb 8 • Irina Georgescu

Reading the Year in Onion Skins

Onion Stew and Romanian Polenta

Jan 26 • Irina Georgescu

Haggis has two cousins: hurka and caltaboș

Pork meatloaf with paprika stewed cabbage and polenta dumplings

Jan 22 • Irina Georgescu

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The Feast After The Fast: a Romanian Christmas Table

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Leeks & Broth: Tracing Rome from Wales to Wallachia

Jan 12 • Irina Georgescu

The green flavours of spring

Mar 26, 2025 • Irina Georgescu

Cozonac, a baking tradition and superstition in Romania

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