St Cyril of Alexandria; Ven. Kirill of Belozersk
St Cyril of Alexandria / Ven. Kirill of Belozersk / St Columba of Iona (597)
Murături is the Romanian word for pickled vegetables, and the winter pantry of every Romanian grandmother is lined wi...
Romanians have an unshakable love for zucchini, and this is the simplest, most satisfying expression of it. Thick rou...
Tocitură is Romania's rustic meat stew, but this fasting version built on mushrooms is so deeply savory that it stand...
Dovlecei pane are Romania's answer to fried zucchini, and the fasting version replaces the egg batter with a sparklin...
Cozonac is Romania's beloved holiday sweet bread, and the fasting version is a triumph of technique over restriction....
Iahnie de fasole is Romania's national comfort food during fasting periods, and it deserves to be known far beyond it...
Romanian ciorbă gets its signature tang from borș (fermented wheat bran liquid), and when you build it on a base of d...
This is the stew that appears when the pantry is nearly bare and the fast still has weeks to run. Potatoes and mushro...
Stuffed peppers are as common in Romania as they are across the Balkans, and the fasting version — filled with season...
In Romania, summer means vinete. Eggplants are roasted over open flames until the skin chars black and the flesh turn...
If ciorbă de legume is the light sour soup, ciorbă de fasole is its heavier, more formidable brother — a thick, filli...
Ghiveci is Romania's answer to ratatouille — except bigger, bolder, and more generous. Where the French use four or f...
Mămăligă is to Romania what bread is to France — the foundation upon which everything else rests. During fasting, whe...
Every autumn, Romanian families gather for zacuscă season — days spent roasting peppers and eggplant over open fires,...
Sarmale are Romania's national dish, and the fasting version is no lesser thing. During Lent, the pork and rice filli...
Ciorbă is the soul of Romanian cooking — a sour, brothy soup that appears on every table, fasting or not. This vegeta...
The great staple of Romanian fasting. Fasole bătută is what every Romanian grandmother makes when the fast begins — w...
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