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Why I Keep Bringing People to Transylvania (opens the original)
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There’s a particular moment on our journey in Transylvania when it stops being about flights and hotel rooms, and we realise we’re actually here. It usually happens when we gather in front of an outdoor oven, baking bread, and the air fills with its warm, unmistakable scent. So, we pause to take it all in and let the adventure begin.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eYGq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-
Romanian Summer Childhood Dishes (opens the original)
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This is a post about how we eat in Romania in the summer, and I’ve included a menu featuring three of my favourite dishes. I know I say childhood in the title, but they’re really more like…forever dishes.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal"
The Cultural Terroir of Romanian Ciorbă (opens the original)
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Ciorbă sparks lengthy debates even among Romanians. So what would a tourist think if it took three hours to explain it? The best way to discover the first part of the answer is by eating it. Food is the most direct way into a culture because it speaks to the senses.Cooking is more accessible—and more democratic—than almost any other form of cultural expression.Before we consider our cuisine, there are a few people who made Romania famous, and I’d like to talk about them briefly. We have a world-
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