Balkan cuisine

Balkan cuisine is a type of Mediterranean cuisine that combines European characteristics with some of those from Western Asia. It is found in the Balkan Peninsula of Southeast Europe. Its components typically come from the traditional cuisines of Greece, Persia, the Arab countries, Serbia and Turkey.[1] The Balkan area contains a number of more specific cuisines, including:

• Albanian cuisine, the national cuisine of the Albanian people
• Bosnia and Herzegovina cuisine, the cuisine of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Bulgarian cuisine, the cuisine of Bulgaria
• Croatian cuisine, the cuisines of Croatia
• Greek cuisine, the cuisine of Greece
• Kosovan cuisine, the cuisine of Kosovo
• Macedonian cuisine, the traditional cuisine of North Macedonia
• Macedonian cuisine (Greek), the cuisine of the region of Macedonia in northern Greece
• Montenegrin cuisine, the cuisine of Montenegro
• Romanian cuisine, the cuisine of Romania
• Serbian cuisine, the cuisine of Serbia
• Slovenian cuisine, the cuisine of Slovenia
• Turkish cuisine, the cuisine of Turkey

See also

• Ancient Roman cuisine, the cuisine of the Roman Empire
• Ancient Greek cuisine, the cuisine of Ancient Greece
• Byzantine cuisine, the cuisine of the Byzantine Empire
• Cypriot cuisine, the cuisine of Cyprus
• European cuisine, a generalised term collectively referring to the cuisines of Europe
• Levantine cuisine, the traditional cuisine of the Levant

References

1. Miljkovic, Ema (2020). The Balkans: Everyday Life and Culture. Livre de Lyon. p. 3. ISBN 9782490773459.