Irina Georgescu
@irinageorgescu.bsky.social
James Beard Award winning food writer and cookbook author. Culinary Tours in Transylvania. Website: irinageorgescu.com
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🔊 Due to high demand, this event will now be livestreamed online
Join us for an exploration of how food vocabulary in the #Balkans encodes millennia of indigenous evolution, alongside contact, borrowing, and contested belonging.
🗓️ 3 February at 5pm
➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
Join us for an exploration of how food vocabulary in the #Balkans encodes millennia of indigenous evolution, alongside contact, borrowing, and contested belonging.
🗓️ 3 February at 5pm
➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
January 22, 2026 at 3:39 PM
🔊 Due to high demand, this event will now be livestreamed online
Join us for an exploration of how food vocabulary in the #Balkans encodes millennia of indigenous evolution, alongside contact, borrowing, and contested belonging.
🗓️ 3 February at 5pm
➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
Join us for an exploration of how food vocabulary in the #Balkans encodes millennia of indigenous evolution, alongside contact, borrowing, and contested belonging.
🗓️ 3 February at 5pm
➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
It's my pleasure to share two recipes with you for your New Year's Eve celebration. I've also included a brief story about pineapples in Romania, if you're intrigued by the subject. Free to access, so please share it. Wishing you a happy New Year. Link here substack.com/@irinageorge...
A NYE Pineapple Dessert from Romania
Tort Diplomat de Ananas
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December 30, 2025 at 11:18 AM
It's my pleasure to share two recipes with you for your New Year's Eve celebration. I've also included a brief story about pineapples in Romania, if you're intrigued by the subject. Free to access, so please share it. Wishing you a happy New Year. Link here substack.com/@irinageorge...
Is this prune stew with rice a contender for Romania’s National Dish? To celebrate Romania’s National Day, I’m sharing a dish that blends the sweetness of dried fruits and caramelised sugar, reflecting Byzantine heritage. But what is Romanian cuisine? Find the answer and recipe in comments.
December 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Is this prune stew with rice a contender for Romania’s National Dish? To celebrate Romania’s National Day, I’m sharing a dish that blends the sweetness of dried fruits and caramelised sugar, reflecting Byzantine heritage. But what is Romanian cuisine? Find the answer and recipe in comments.
Romanian cuisine unveiled: three essential cookery books. Cookery books as a gateway to Romania’s regional flavours.
Three books, along with their translations in German, Dutch, Hungarian and Romanian, reveal how people cook at home, their daily dishes and their feasting customs. Time to order them.
Three books, along with their translations in German, Dutch, Hungarian and Romanian, reveal how people cook at home, their daily dishes and their feasting customs. Time to order them.
November 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Romanian cuisine unveiled: three essential cookery books. Cookery books as a gateway to Romania’s regional flavours.
Three books, along with their translations in German, Dutch, Hungarian and Romanian, reveal how people cook at home, their daily dishes and their feasting customs. Time to order them.
Three books, along with their translations in German, Dutch, Hungarian and Romanian, reveal how people cook at home, their daily dishes and their feasting customs. Time to order them.
A recipe for pumpkin pie from Romania, ready to be shared by you with friends and family. irinageorgescu.substack.com/p/pumpkin-ma...
Pumpkin Magic
More than just a pretty decoration
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October 30, 2025 at 12:18 PM
A recipe for pumpkin pie from Romania, ready to be shared by you with friends and family. irinageorgescu.substack.com/p/pumpkin-ma...
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I’ve spent weeks researching and writing this and it’s finally up - I share some truly odd, curious, often….horrifying (and utterly fascinating) food-related professions that thrived in 19th century Paris. Enjoy!
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The Strange and Curious Forgotten Occupations of Paris
A little French food history that might surprise you.
jamieschler.substack.com
September 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I’ve spent weeks researching and writing this and it’s finally up - I share some truly odd, curious, often….horrifying (and utterly fascinating) food-related professions that thrived in 19th century Paris. Enjoy!
jamieschler.substack.com/p/the-strang...
jamieschler.substack.com/p/the-strang...
A hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy of jams, confitures and jellies in Romania. I am, of course, paraphrasing the famous book title, which is perfect for our intergalactic journey of preserving what’s in season: petals, fruit and flowers. Recipes here: irinageorgescu.substack.com/p/a-hitchhik...
June 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy of jams, confitures and jellies in Romania. I am, of course, paraphrasing the famous book title, which is perfect for our intergalactic journey of preserving what’s in season: petals, fruit and flowers. Recipes here: irinageorgescu.substack.com/p/a-hitchhik...
Sunday Baking: Covrigi cu Șuncă, ham-filled bread loops. This recipe highlights the variety of loop breads found in Romania and is featured in the 'Danube' cookbook.
June 15, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Sunday Baking: Covrigi cu Șuncă, ham-filled bread loops. This recipe highlights the variety of loop breads found in Romania and is featured in the 'Danube' cookbook.
Thank you, Andrew.
I shared some of @irinageorgescu.bsky.social's wonderful new book 'Danube' today on the 'loaf:
Irina Georgescu's 'Danube'
A new book on Romanian & Eastern European cooking
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June 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Thank you, Andrew.
A beautiful morning here in Wales. Some of these roses will be turned into jelly soon. I’ll share the recipe with you in a new post.
June 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
A beautiful morning here in Wales. Some of these roses will be turned into jelly soon. I’ll share the recipe with you in a new post.
This Sunday, I’m sharing a captivating story about Curban, a feast and private ritual in the Christian Balkans, which I hope you'll find intriguing. It features a recipe for a comforting and healing lamb soup from Bulgaria. Link in the first comment.
June 8, 2025 at 9:02 AM
This Sunday, I’m sharing a captivating story about Curban, a feast and private ritual in the Christian Balkans, which I hope you'll find intriguing. It features a recipe for a comforting and healing lamb soup from Bulgaria. Link in the first comment.
Lovely idea x
I share the recipe for my favorite summer jelly roll (gâteau roulé) and my thoughts on how we can take a lesson from the history of Parisian café culture. On @contrariannews.org
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Summer Jelly Roll (le gâteau roulé)
Let’s draw inspiration from Parisian café culture.
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June 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Lovely idea x
Toast spread with curd cheese blended with honey and lemon zest, topped with fresh apricots and thyme. If you can’t find curd cheese (or twarog), use crème fraîche or farmer’s cheese. Also, instead of the sourdough toast, you can use toasted bagels, brioche or croissants.
June 1, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Toast spread with curd cheese blended with honey and lemon zest, topped with fresh apricots and thyme. If you can’t find curd cheese (or twarog), use crème fraîche or farmer’s cheese. Also, instead of the sourdough toast, you can use toasted bagels, brioche or croissants.
Cornmeal, wild strawberries & sour cream? Read about this speciality from Moldavia, Eastern Romania here irinageorgescu.substack.com/p/cornmeal-a... where I explain this culinary tradition and provide a recipe for cornmeal cheesecake, called Alivancă, and strawberry compote called chisăliță (kisel).
May 18, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Cornmeal, wild strawberries & sour cream? Read about this speciality from Moldavia, Eastern Romania here irinageorgescu.substack.com/p/cornmeal-a... where I explain this culinary tradition and provide a recipe for cornmeal cheesecake, called Alivancă, and strawberry compote called chisăliță (kisel).
Strawberry inspiration ahead of a post I’m writing about a culinary tradition in Moldavia (follow me to make sure you see it). This one in the photo is only half-traditional: strawberries, sour cream, ground pepper and fig balsamic vinegar.
May 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Strawberry inspiration ahead of a post I’m writing about a culinary tradition in Moldavia (follow me to make sure you see it). This one in the photo is only half-traditional: strawberries, sour cream, ground pepper and fig balsamic vinegar.
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Sunset reflections!
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May 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Sunset reflections!
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©️ Birgit/birgits_imagery_world
I wrote a long email about this rich land between the Danube River and the Black Sea. Most of the photographs are from my visits there, where I explored local recipes and discovered the stories of different communities. I hope you'll love the tour. irinageorgescu.substack.com/p/between-th...
Between the Danube River and the Black Sea: Dobrogea
Discover a little-known part of Romania
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May 7, 2025 at 8:48 AM
I wrote a long email about this rich land between the Danube River and the Black Sea. Most of the photographs are from my visits there, where I explored local recipes and discovered the stories of different communities. I hope you'll love the tour. irinageorgescu.substack.com/p/between-th...
Deal with the heat like a Romanian: eat brine-fermented gherkins with ice. Eating fermented foods helps maintain the right level of salt and iron in our bodies (which we tend to lose very quickly in hot weather through sweat) and keeps us cool for longer.
May 1, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Deal with the heat like a Romanian: eat brine-fermented gherkins with ice. Eating fermented foods helps maintain the right level of salt and iron in our bodies (which we tend to lose very quickly in hot weather through sweat) and keeps us cool for longer.
Last of the spring flavours: dandelions. Two recipes: one for Dandelion Flower Fritters and the other for a Romany Potato Salad with Dandelions. I hope you'll find the story interesting. irinageorgescu.substack.com/p/last-of-th...
April 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Last of the spring flavours: dandelions. Two recipes: one for Dandelion Flower Fritters and the other for a Romany Potato Salad with Dandelions. I hope you'll find the story interesting. irinageorgescu.substack.com/p/last-of-th...
For those who don't want to roast an entire leg or shoulder of lamb for Easter, try this simple recipe from my new book, Danube: pastrami lamb chops served with creamy polenta. The spice blend for the pastrami includes fenugreek, paprika, cumin, thyme, garlic and ground pepper. Happy Easter.
April 18, 2025 at 9:52 AM
For those who don't want to roast an entire leg or shoulder of lamb for Easter, try this simple recipe from my new book, Danube: pastrami lamb chops served with creamy polenta. The spice blend for the pastrami includes fenugreek, paprika, cumin, thyme, garlic and ground pepper. Happy Easter.
New recipe for Easter: plăcintă cu brânză - a wonderful sweet curd cheese pie made with rum-soaked golden raisins. This is a beloved pie in Romania, and I’m sharing a ‘cheat’ method here to prepare it quickly using already rolled store-bought puff pastry.
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April 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
New recipe for Easter: plăcintă cu brânză - a wonderful sweet curd cheese pie made with rum-soaked golden raisins. This is a beloved pie in Romania, and I’m sharing a ‘cheat’ method here to prepare it quickly using already rolled store-bought puff pastry.
substack.com/@irinageorge...
substack.com/@irinageorge...
No other dish in Eastern Europe rivals Romanian Pască. This rich brioche is filled with a blend of curd cheese, sugar, eggs and sultanas. In my family, we celebrate the arrival of Easter with a slice of Pască at midnight. Recipe here: irinageorgescu.substack.com/p/romanian-p...
April 13, 2025 at 9:07 AM
No other dish in Eastern Europe rivals Romanian Pască. This rich brioche is filled with a blend of curd cheese, sugar, eggs and sultanas. In my family, we celebrate the arrival of Easter with a slice of Pască at midnight. Recipe here: irinageorgescu.substack.com/p/romanian-p...
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It's Passover and here's a beautiful piece of writing by @1dish4theroad.bsky.social
www.1dish4theroad.com/2022/04/bitt...
www.1dish4theroad.com/2022/04/bitt...
Bitter Herbs - 1Dish4TheRoad
"Bitter herbs, why do we eat them?.." In this piece, I'm reflecting on the horseradish of my childhood, and why they meant everything to me.
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April 12, 2025 at 8:23 AM
It's Passover and here's a beautiful piece of writing by @1dish4theroad.bsky.social
www.1dish4theroad.com/2022/04/bitt...
www.1dish4theroad.com/2022/04/bitt...
A Spring Tradition in Romania: nettles with polenta. I would be thrilled if you could make this tradition a part of your life too. See how: irinageorgescu.substack.com/p/a-spring-t...
April 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
A Spring Tradition in Romania: nettles with polenta. I would be thrilled if you could make this tradition a part of your life too. See how: irinageorgescu.substack.com/p/a-spring-t...
I recorded a video about Danube, only to discover it is no longer needed. So I’ll share the first part here, and I hope you enjoy it.
April 9, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I recorded a video about Danube, only to discover it is no longer needed. So I’ll share the first part here, and I hope you enjoy it.