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Homemade sausages
Close-Up 24.12.2017

Homemade sausages

Todays show continues our holiday series, bringing you traditional recipes left down from generation to generation in the countryside. Most of them...

Homemade sausages
Koliva
Close-Up 13.12.2017

Koliva

While recipes may vary widely, the primary ingredient is wheat kernels which have been boiled until they are soft, they are drained very well and...

Koliva
Dried Beans Stew
Close-Up 09.12.2017

Dried Beans Stew

While not an exclusively local dish, dried beans are a major ingredient in Romanian cooking, whether in soups, stews, or entrees,...

Dried Beans Stew
Hadi Faour of Israel
Close-Up 07.12.2017

Hadi Faour of Israel

Our interlocutor today is called Hadi Faour and comes from Israel. He arrived in Romania six years ago to study medicine. Instead of a university...

Hadi Faour of Israel
Roast chicken with quinces
Close-Up 03.12.2017

Roast chicken with quinces

Today we make a stopover in the Romanian region of Wallachia, alternatively known as Muntenia, the southern-most territory inhabited by Romanians, on...

Roast chicken with quinces
Gustavo Hernandez from Uruguay
Close-Up 30.11.2017

Gustavo Hernandez from Uruguay

Gustavo Hernandez comes from the capital of Uruguay, Montevideo. There, he was the owner of four restaurants serving local cuisine, the star of which...

Gustavo Hernandez from Uruguay
Clay Pot Baking
Close-Up 30.11.2017

Clay Pot Baking

Claypot baked bread is typical of the region of Oltenia, in southern Romania, and its history goes way back millennia, as it is still made as the...

Clay Pot Baking
Christmas fasting dishes
Close-Up 26.11.2017

Christmas fasting dishes

For the Christmas fasting period in the Orthodox church and in Romanias traditional households, vegetarian dishes are the norm, with no meat and no...

Christmas fasting dishes
Crawfish in garlic sauce
Close-Up 19.11.2017

Crawfish in garlic sauce

It may come as a surprise that Romanians love crawfish. It is not exactly a wildly popular dish, but it is a delicacy prized by connoisseurs,...

Crawfish in garlic sauce
The shepherd’s loaf
Close-Up 12.11.2017

The shepherd’s loaf

According to the traditional calendar, the herds of sheep descend from the mountains, weather permitting, from September until around...

The shepherd’s loaf
Sharon Scabin of Italy
Close-Up 09.11.2017

Sharon Scabin of Italy

Sharon Scabin is an Erasmus student with the Ioan Alexandru University in Iasi, north-eastern Romania. She first came to Romania while she...

Sharon Scabin of Italy
Wallachian Dishes
Close-Up 29.10.2017

Wallachian Dishes

Muntenia or Wallachia, as it used to be called in the Middle Ages and in early modernity, has over the centuries acquired an impressive...

Wallachian Dishes
Winners of the 2017 “George Enescu” International Festival Contest
Close-Up 23.10.2017

Winners of the 2017 “George Enescu” International Festival Contest

This year’s edition of the George Enescu Festival was hosted by Bucharest and 7 other cities in Romania over September 2 and 24. Having reached its...

Winners of the 2017 “George Enescu” International Festival Contest
Winners of the 2017 “George Enescu” International Festival Contest
Close-Up 22.10.2017

Winners of the 2017 “George Enescu” International Festival Contest

Prizes for this contest consist in CDs with Romanian and foreign classical music, as well as other promotional items

Winners of the 2017 “George Enescu” International Festival Contest
Pickled Red Beet
Close-Up 22.10.2017

Pickled Red Beet

Nowadays it is mostly used in salads, but it used to see more variety in terms of cooking methods. Borscht, the best known preparation for western...

Pickled Red Beet

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