Food and drink

Bulgarian archaeologists recently discovered an 11th century fragment of a distillation vessel used for the production of the country's traditional fruit brandy, which is known as rakia.

The fragment was uncovered during the excavation works, which are being conducted by the National Historical Museum (NIM) at the medieval Lyutitsa fortress.

It’s summer once again! A time for going on holiday, visiting family, enjoying sunny barbecues or simply playing games. So take part in our summer challenge and learn how to recognise “summer” in all of the EU’s official languages. Once you are done, share it online!

Throat Scratcher and Bull's Eye? Not exactly the ideal words to provoke one's appetite to a new culinary experience. But these are the key words to a surprising coupling of Turkish wines yet to be discovered. In Turkish they are known as Bo?azkere and Öküzgözü, two red grape varieties lovingly known by Turkish wine connoisseurs.

Readers of news website Radikal have selected Turkey’s top restaurants to eat doner kebab - a Turkish dish made of meat cooked on a vertical rotisserie, normally lamb but sometimes beef or chicken. Here is the list

French farmers protesting over falling food prices threatened to step up blockades of cities, roads and tourist sites on July 22, as the government prepared to unveil emergency aid for them.

Farmers have dumped manure in cities, blocked access roads and motorways and hindered tourists from reaching Mont St-Michel in northern France, one of France's most visited sites.

Bulgarian fruit and vegetable producers are increasingly interested in expanding cooperation with hypermarkets after the adoption of amendments to the Competition Protection Act, according to Slavi Trifonov, Chair of the National Union of Gardeners.

Only 15% of the goods sold at hypermarkets in Bulgaria are domestically produced, according to the Bulgarian National Radio.

To follow the track is almost impossible! It is 37 chefs at 37 restaurants from around the world, plus the 37 ambassadors in each restaurant, not to mention the kitchen teams and families of all chefs affected by the greatest, crazy game ever, namely "The Grand Gelinaz! Shuffle," an experience of a lifetime. 

In the protracted negotiations to bring together the Turkish and Greek communities of Cyprus, few would imagine that a rubbery cheese would make its mark.

But on July 17, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker announced the sides had reached a ?common understanding? on registering halloumi cheese as a ?protected designation of origin? (PDO) product under EU law.

Amid the current economic crisis in Greece, new opportunities arise in the market for entrepreneurs willing to take the risk. But to go up against a global brand name like Coca Cola is quite a challenge. That is exactly what the bottling plant of EPAP in Orestiada in the north east of Greece has done.

Polish company AmRest has officially acquired the sites of the Starbucks coffee chain in Bulgaria.

The deal was finalized a few days ago, according to Capital Daily.

Bulgaria's Business Register cites AmRest Coffee as the owner of the business.

The information about the forthcoming deal was released in March.