Slow Food in Romania – The Chocolates Of Life

[Romania] Sibiu and its restaurants

Jul 28, 2023

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[Updated Nov ’24] We’ve been living in Sibiu for quite some years now and we have constantly been in search of true taste. Sometimes it’s hard to find it, especially when you visit the city for just a few days, so here are some of our favourite places to eat out.

Closer to nature: Foraging for mushrooms and wild herbs

Aug 20, 2021

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Biencutza

in Books, Cooking, Slow Food in Romania, travelling

The last two years have been a bit hectic around the world, with lots of panic, anxieties and uncertain realities. In order to keep myself physically and mentally sane and to concentrate on things I really have a control on, I switched my attention in a direction that has been giving me lots of satisfaction…

[Romania] A kids Slow Food Project in Sibiu

May 5, 2021

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Biencutza

in In the county, My Sibiu, Romania, Slow Food in Romania, transylvania

Slow Food is a global, grassroots organization, founded in 1989 to prevent the disappearance of local food cultures and traditions, counteract the rise of fast life and combat people’s dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from and how our food choices affect the world around us. The Slow Food Trail (Poteca…

[Romania] Biking in the Transylvanian Highlands

Apr 27, 2021

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Biencutza

in In the county, My Sibiu, Romania, Slow Food in Romania, transylvania, travelling

Biking has been one of my favorite outdoor activities since forever (thanks, mom&dad, for buying me my first bike when I was about 7 and getting the chance to spend all of my childhood summers riding a bike in the countryside). In recent years, mostly due to an improper personal time management and to not…

[Romania] Rediscovering my home village

Aug 18, 2020

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Biencutza

in oltenia, Pets & Plants, Romania, Slow Food in Romania, travelling

The world situation this year, that inevitably also affected Romania beginning of March, made us reconsider our options when we heard rumors about a possible lock-down, with being allowed to only go out to get supplies. With a 5 year-old in the house, the kindergarten closed, us both working remote, full time, we had to…

[Romania] Horseback riding on the mountains at Nedeea Vâlceană

Oct 9, 2019

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Biencutza

in oltenia, Romania, Slow Food in Romania, travelling

We first heard about this place a couple of years ago and when checking it out more in detail, we were completely mesmerized by the idea of being in a remote area, in the beautiful Romanian mountains and exploring the surroundings on the back of a horse.

[Romania] Weekend at a shepherd’s cottage in Rîu Sadului

Sep 10, 2019

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Biencutza

in In the county, My Sibiu, Romania, Slow Food in Romania, transylvania, travelling

After visiting Rîu Sadului for the Burduf Challenege event, beginning of July, we paid this lovely village another visit one weekend later with a main purpose – to spend two days at a shepherd’s cottage up on the mountains surrounding the village and to get in contact with their daily routine and to enjoy the…

[Romania] Brunch in Bazna and Short Trip to Mediaș and Dumbrăveni

Aug 19, 2019

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in In the county, My Sibiu, Romania, Slow Food in Romania, transylvania, travelling

If July and August are, for us, months when we run for the high mountains to escape the summer heat, May is for villages and relaxed country side, with good food, lots of outdoor activities for grown ups and kids and a warm sun for extra good vibes. Mid May, we took off from Sibiu…

[Romania] Burduf Challenge in Rîu Sadului

Jul 29, 2019

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Biencutza

in In the county, My Sibiu, Slow Food in Romania, travelling

For a weekend, a small and quiet mountain village in the Sibiu County, called Rîu Sadului was turned into the headquarters of a series of activities and workshops aiming to revive the local traditions, to reconnect urban people to the village life and to save a local endangered cheese assortment.

[Slow Food in Romania] Does it make sense to eat locally?

Apr 26, 2019

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Biencutza

in Slow Food in Romania

Now that we’ve found out what Slow Food is, it seems important to bring some arguments about the benefits of local food. I think it would be a good idea to embrace one or more of the following reasons if we feel like it.

[Romania] Why Slow Food in Sibiu?

Apr 2, 2019

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Biencutza

in In the city, In the county, My Sibiu, Romania, Slow Food in Romania, transylvania

Now that the wonderful 2019 European Region of Gastronomy year has begun in Sibiu, let me explain some words that we frequently use in our relationship with food. I will firstly answer the following questions: What exactly does gastronomy mean? What does Slow Food stand for? Why should we eat locally? On the other hand,…

The Eat-local Romanian Tour

Mar 15, 2019

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Biencutza

in Romania, Slow Food in Romania

As winter in Romania is not very friendly and having outdoor events is a bit out of the question, main cities of the country were conquered, during the weekends from October to February (2018 and 2019), by a series of events aiming to help the locals discover and taste what their area has to offer…

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