More than ten years ago, when you only saw a handful of chefs on TV, I realized that there are thousands in the country and that some of them are very good but have no promotion. I looked them up and wrote about them. I have remained friends with many, with some even [...]
Laurentiu Hairadin: Foreigners know about beautiful women, Hagi and sarmale... gastronomically Romania is in a cone of shadow
More than ten years ago, when you only saw a handful of chefs on TV, I realized that there are thousands in the country and that some of them are very good but have no promotion. I looked them up and wrote about them. I have remained friends with many, with some even [...]
Bistro Romulus, the new attraction in the Jewish Quarter. Marius Zidaru (owner): "We address those who are looking for that quelque chose added to the specifics of the place"
The other day, in the Jewish Quarter of Bucharest, a promising bistro opened, without a fuss (short menu, culinary vision to my liking – a combination of more or less known Romanian recipes to which are added some classic French dishes) . Moreover, walking around the area I have the impression that this neighborhood […]
Cosmin Dragomir, Domeniul Bogdan and FNDA, editorial campaign to promote the new generation of chefs
Journalist Cosmin Dragomir together with Domaine Bogdan and the National Federation of Authorized Tasters (FNDA) have jointly launched a publicity campaign aimed at promoting the young chefs of today with the potential to become the great chefs of tomorrow. The series of interviews-questionnaire will be published on the cosmindragomir.ro blog at the end, one of the participating chefs will win […]
Gastronomist Mircea Groza launches his book in Cluj and Zalău
GastroArt Publishing House and Cărturești Bookstores announce the start of the release tour of the volume "ZĂMURI - soups, soups and stews (Transylvanian recipes from the elderly)" signed by master Mircea Groza. It is the first book in a series by the researcher from Sălău, the publishing house announcing that they are already working on the second anthology of recipes dedicated to topals and stews. […]
Cezar Ioan: "If the government imposes an increased VAT on restaurants, we will have dreams"
The other day I published the first part of a longer interview with Cezar Ioan which can be read here. There we talked exclusively about wines, today we talk about other topics as well. For those who don't know, Cezar is a wine journalist, founder and publisher of vinul.ro, organizer of profile competitions, co-initiator of the Ziua law [...]
Eliada, the most awarded olive oil under the Romanian brand (P)
An entrepreneur from Craiova achieves an unprecedented feat: he created a Romanian brand 100% for a product obtained from an ingredient that does not grow here and wins international awards on the conveyor belt. Eliada olive oil won, in 2023, both under its own brand and that of the processor, gold and silver medals at competitions [...]
Cezar Ioan on Romanian wine producers: they believe they are "special, unique and incomprehensible to the conventional thinking of civilians"
There are three very good and important friends in my life and from each of them I have learned a lot: Mihnea who strives to make me more technical and better, Iohan who teaches me the Balkans and empathy and Cezar to whom I owe a lot of what I am today from a professional point of view: [...]
GPT Chat: Cosmin Dragomir is an outstanding gastronomic journalist
Today I wrote about 15,000 signs of the belly soups of the Greeks and then I selected some older texts for my next book The Sarmale Collector. I've been awake since 12:00, so at 7:22 when this thought crossed my mind I also had the excuse of being tired. I have no excuse […]
How to choose the right olive oil to buy on holiday in Greece. Ten tips from Cătălin Adam, the entrepreneur who created Eliada – the most awarded olive oil with a Romanian brand (P)
Hundreds of thousands of Romanians spend their holidays in Greece and most of them take the opportunity to return home with a few liters of olive oil from "their mother". But, as everywhere, not all olive oil is equally good, indeed, many times [...]
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