Aside "sarmale" and "mititei", the dish known as "Ciorbă de burtă" (tripe sour soup or "gut soup" as others may call it) is the closest thing to a "national dish" you can get in Romania. The "ciorba" can be ordered in almost all restaurants with national specific,......more

Few towns in Romania have succeeded in preserving their medieval charm and flavor; among the Transylvanian ones, Sibiu stands alone. It played an important part in the economic, political, religious and cultural history of the Romanian provinces. Founded upon a Neolithic settlement, near the ruins of......more

Barsana is a village in Maramures, on the right bank of the river Iza, 20 km off Sighetul Marmatiei. The village, attested documentary or the first time in 1326 (when King Charles Robert I of Anjou acknowledged and reinstained by a deed in this......more

Yesterday, in my post about Lazarus’ Saturday (April 11, 2009) I mentioned a special dish, used to celebrate the dead: coliva. Coliva is the Romanian translation of the Greek κόλλυβα (kólliva) and it describes a sweet pudding made of boiled wheat. This “desert” is used liturgically in......more

Easter is the most important Romanian holiday in the Orthodox calendar. I already covered a few traditions last year – and starting today I will write a series of articles that will present even more traditions, itineraries for those who would like to spend Easter in......more