Try.” “Yes,” I said. It was still early in the afternoon, but I didn’t want to be impolite and reject an elder Bulgarian’s friendly offer of homemade rakia. Boris poured a tall glass ...

I tell him I’ll try both, along with a bowl of tripe soup (another Bulgarian delicacy). Around me, groups of people sip rakia-infused cocktails and pose for photos alongside archaic television ...

New data released in Bulgaria strongly suggests that the locally produced alcoholic drink rakia may be an efficient cure for the outbreak of E. Coli, which involves a previously unknown strain of ...

The distillate, which in the 1950s was considered a medicine. Ambassadors of the Bulgarian RAKIA will be presented with certificates of honor after the presentation of the awarded brandies.

When in the Balkans, you’ve gotta have rakia. The tastes and flavours of all the incredibly delicious food here in Bulgaria is really making us look forward to exploring this cuisine even more.

Bulgaria is seeking to register the alcoholic drink rakia, made of fermented grapes, as a protected designation of origin under Council Regulation 510/2006 on the protection of geographical ...

Bulgarian cuisine makes use of everything that comes from the ground or is raised on the land. The rest must be made up for with rakia, the Bulgarian liquor that is set out early, with the appetisers.

But the real star was the rakia list, which features 50 varieties from across the Balkans, from a Serbian one made with raspberry to a Bulgarian one made from quince. It's something new for ...