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How to make strapačky, halušky with sauerkraut and bacon
The most well known Slovak dish is bryndzové halušky, but my favourite is strapačky.
How to make segedínsky guláš, creamy sauerkraut stew
Both cooking the sauerkraut and adding cream help temper the acidic tang of sauerkraut for an easy comfort food.
How to make Medovníky, Slovak spiced honey cookies
Medovníky are everywhere in Slovakia around Christmas, from fancy decorated ones in market stalls to simple treats in grandma's kitchen.
Cooking with Babička: Making Christmas wafers, vianočné oplátky
Oplátky are a favourite among Slovak Christmas foods, even though in the west part of the country they are a relatively recent addition to the traditional meal.
How to make sauerkraut
Fermented foods are the new old superfood, which Slovaks have made and eaten all along.
How to make Slovak roast goose or duck
For this traditional autumn meal, do you know the difference between hus, kačica, and husokačka?
How to make Slovak stuffed peppers
Slovak stuffed peppers are stewed rather than baked for a juicy dish using summer produce.
How to make creamy Slovak courgette soup with dill
If you know anyone with a garden, they will gladly give you courgette, also called zucchini.
How to make creamy Slovak cucumber salad
What is more cooling than cucumber?
How to make Slovak style egg spread
This recipe takes minimal cooking for hot summer days.
Cooking with Babička: pagáče, an untranslatable word
Pagáče are a classic Slovak food but without an English equivalent. Biscuit? Scone? Neither.
How to make elderflower syrup
Though foraging is now trendy, this wild flower syrup has been made for years in Slovakia.
Cooking with Babička: Pull strudel to connect with others
Most of us want quick recipes for our busy lives; making pulled strudel, however, is a recipe of mindfulness and connection.
How to make chicken paprikáš
Not only is paprikáš quick and easy, it's the perfect comfort food for anyone following Slovak politics lately.
Cooking with Babička: opantance, an old dish for the future
Once common in Slovakia, most people have forgotten what millet is, but as a heat and drought resistant crop it's worth learning old recipes for the future.
How to make handful soup
A recipe for a soup both cheap and filling — and tasty of course, just what is needed in times of inflation.
Cooking with Babička: Slíže, sweet or savoury Slovak noodles
The best food comes from Grandma's kitchen - and we are setting out to find it, first with homemade Slovak noodles.
How to make a good Slovak Sunday bone broth soup
Sunday lunch - or any celebration - is not complete without a bone broth soup.
Neither buckets of water nor whips. Celebrate holidays with Easter cuisine
Spectacular Slovakia listeners will lick their fingers at Easter.
Get ready for Christmas Eve with Spectacular Slovakia
Opekance, bobáľky and pupáčky are the same thing. But what is it?
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- Neither buckets of water nor whips. Celebrate holidays with Easter cuisine Audio
- Cooking with Babička: opantance, an old dish for the future
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- In Slovakia, speaking English still means earning more
- News digest: Contamination at Bratislava hospital sickened patients. But who's to blame?
- Frequently asked questions: Working in Slovakia
- German drummer’s stage performance sparks questions about avoiding Slovak court
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- News digest: Bratislava's public transport overhaul as Petržalka tram opens Photo
- German drummer’s stage performance sparks questions about avoiding Slovak court
- In Slovakia, speaking English still means earning more
- Teenager charged after stabbing incident in central Bratislava
- News digest: Bratislava's public transport overhaul as Petržalka tram opens Photo
- Cyclists from Košice donate bicycles to help Ukrainians affected by the war
- Slovakia’s top IT employer to cut 150 jobs
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- Thousands of caravanners will come to Slovakia – and they might help its tourism sector
- Behind the steam: stories from Žitný ostrov’s thermal tourism pioneers Photo
- Slovakia’s top IT employer to cut 150 jobs
- “I gave it everything”: Pohánková’s run ends in Wimbledon glory Video
- Cyclists from Košice donate bicycles to help Ukrainians affected by the war
- In Slovakia, speaking English still means earning more
- German drummer’s stage performance sparks questions about avoiding Slovak court
- News digest: Bratislava's public transport overhaul as Petržalka tram opens Photo
- Behind the steam: stories from Žitný ostrov’s thermal tourism pioneers Photo
- Athletes travel all the way from Australia to Šamorín – have you been? Photo
- Thousands of caravanners will come to Slovakia – and they might help its tourism sector
- Where AI saves the most time in HR processes
- Bratislava Airport to launch direct flights to Bucharest
- Bratislava, the unsung capital of socialist modernism Audio
- Cyclists from Košice donate bicycles to help Ukrainians affected by the war
- Weekend: Lifted by water, swept away by music Photo
- News digest: Contamination at Bratislava hospital sickened patients. But who's to blame?
- Levoča launches daily guided tours and new art exhibition in time for summer
- Teenager charged after stabbing incident in central Bratislava
- Forest project touted as climate victory now under fraud investigation
- Her mission is not just training employees. It is changing how they think
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