Here in Bulgaria we were hit by the same storm that just pelted the rest of Europe last week, but spring is on the way. The 40 cm of snow we got here in Shumen just a few days ago is melting so rapidly that it sounds like it’s raining. The heaviest day of snow…
Banitsa, Demystified
My first recipe is for banitsa (Bulgarian баница), because it’s a quintessentially Bulgarian dish. Granted, it’s similar to a Turkish burek or a Greek tyropita, but the name and the local interpretation of the dish are both Bulgarian. People make banitsi (plural) at home, they buy them in bakery shops for breakfast, and they even…
Welcome to the Sofra!
Добре дошли! (Welcome!) Welcome to the first post of my new blog, At the Sofra (At the Table). My goal with this blog is to give you a Bulgarian recipe or two each week with instructions on how to make it, along with a bit of Bulgarian culture and language. I’ve called the blog “At…