This week we sat for stories with Ioana Pătrășcoiu (MySecretRomania.com) in a new interview Tasty Memories, part of the Digital Chronicles podcast. Ioana Pătrășcoiu explains why she is so interested in the cuisine of the South, which is less talked about and written about, and what is the matter with Olten crayfish, which... are not crayfish, but also in [...]
The story of the recipe books, at Amintiri Gustoase
We invited Anca Dănilă to the Amintiri Gustoase podcast, part of the Digital Chronicles project, to talk about the recipe books inherited, generally on the maternal line, in Romanian families. Anca Dănilă tells the stories behind some special recipe books that Irina Margareta Nistor has, but also what exactly she liked [...]
Roxana Blenche on how important it is to have a truly competent mentor in the kitchen
In the latest episode Tasty Memories, part of the Digital Chronicles podcast, Roxana Blenche told me how important it is to have a really competent mentor in the kitchen and what kind of psyche you need to face all the challenges that come from him . Roxana Blenche also reveals why she is so […]
Dana Burlacu Visternicu about the gastronomic identity of Iasi, Moldavia and Bucovina
We have a new episode of Tasty Memories, part of the Cronicari Digitali podcast! Dana Burlacu Visternicu talks about the benefits of moving to a house with a yard and answers questions about the gastronomic identity of Iasi, Moldova and Bucovina. It explains to us how many facets the alivanc has, how the sărbușca is soured, where the sarmales with hurd are made and why […]
The "deadly sin" of our soup makers versus the ramen technique
We listened to the stories in the newest episode Tasty Memories with Caius Merşa from Timisoara, the man who imported the concept of soup bar to Romania. We talked about soups, pastries, but also about Timișoara – European Capital of Culture in 2023. The podcast can be listened to on all audio streaming platforms or directly here: What does […]
"Next weekend I'm going to visualize people's reaction to this beetroot soup"
"Next weekend I'm going to see people's reaction to this beetroot soup which, mind you, it looks like a very boring beetroot soup, but I'm telling you, it's amazingly tasty. I was pleasantly impressed with the final product and if it will be appreciated inside this festival about Via Transilvanica by customers, it will enter [...]
What's the story with the brandy cake
What's the story with the brandy cake? A question to which I kept looking for an answer, and the appearance of Alina Muntele in the Cronicari Digitali podcast, at Amintiri Gustoase, helped me find the answer. "It's a mousse cake with brandy, more precisely with palinca. They are a little different, one is more aromatic, one is less aromatic, [...]
Why do traditional restaurants have the same menu?
In the last Cronicari Digitali podcast, at Amintiri Gustoase, we had a very open discussion about what is happening in our HoReCa. My interlocutor was Paul Siserman, whom I asked directly: Why do traditional restaurants have the same menu? "They have the same menu because they have the same school or they don't have any [...]
"I don't know if it's the fault of the customer who comes and orders the belly soup in a Trattoria or it's the fault of the person with the Trattoria for putting it on the menu"
This week I met the man behind @foodofbucharest, Cristi Dandeș, in the Cronicari Digitali podcast, for Tasty Memories. We talked about how Romanian cuisine has changed, since he became a keen observer of it, how HoReCa looks today, what impresses him when he arrives in a restaurant and why many menus are not related to the format [...]
Brands Vs. Influences - how Cristian China-Birta sees the "fight".
Cristian China-Birta was my guest in the Amintiri Gutoase column, from the Cronicari Digitali podcast. If we caught an expert in all things online, we took the opportunity to understand how social media works for brands, what makes an influencer good and bad, and what we do with all the hate speech in […]
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