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Each of Romania’s historical provinces has its own specific cuisine. If we were to look at Moldavia, for instance, we cannot overlook the...

Today’s Cooking Show is about dishes typical of Wallachia, the southern part of Romania, between the Carpathian Mountains and the Danube. Its...

The Bucharest-based Center of Martial Arts and Associated Studies on Wednesday evening hosted the Kagami Biraki ceremony of commemorating the martial arts school founders and the beginning of a new year of training.

Aspic is a traditional dish from Muntenia, the former Romanian historical province of Wallachia, which used to be served at the boyars’ and...

As the holidays have just wound down, we have plenty of leftovers from the holidays here in Romania. One of the most common preparations that gets...

Most of the main dishes are made of pork, predictably, since the New Year party comes a very short time after the break of Christmas Advent. Typical...

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Smoking fish is one of the oldest ways of preserving food known to man, being considered better than salting or freezing. Smoked fish stands out with...

Bean stew is a dish as simple as it is tasty. You need 3 or 4 medium sized onions, two carrots, tomato paste, dried thyme, two bay leaves,...

In today’s show, we deal with a more unusual kind of ingredient for cooked food, but one which has a long standing tradition in Romania and the...

We will be providing you now with one of the simpler recipes, but one which is an all-time favorite, especially at the New Year party. It is chicken...

Pumpkin is a ubiquitous ingredient in European cooking, from Scandinavia to the Balkans, and Romania is no exception. Around October and November,...

Radio Romania, one of the oldest institutions of its kind in Europe, celebrates 85 years of existence.

Fishermen believe that carp is easier to catch in autumn. Equally popular at this time of the year is carp on a bed of cabbage. You need a large...