He began making desserts for his classmates and teachers as part of the curriculum. Latinov managed and owned a bakery in Bulgaria for more than two decades, after he completed his mandatory Army ...

It all began with Nikolova’s grandfather Nikolay Donchev, a self-taught baker, who was hired as a pastry chef in 1982 for the new Sheraton hotel in Bulgaria’s capital, Sofia. When Communism ...

Banitsa is the queen of Bulgarian cuisine. These stuffed pastries have been a fixture on Bulgarian tables since the Middle Ages. The dough is simple and is made of flour, salt, and water.