Moldovan food sits between Romania, Ukraine and the Black Sea: mămăligă with brânză and smântână, plăcinte filled with cheese or cabbage, sarmale rolled in cabbage or vine leaves, zeamă as the household soup. The wine country is the headline. Mileștii Mici holds the Guinness record for the world's largest bottle collection; Cricova runs a labyrinth of underground avenues; Castel Mimi and Purcari sit further out among the vines. Pick a Moldovan city to begin.
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Signature dishes of Moldova
A growing index of the canonical dishes from Moldova, what they are, where they came from, and where in the country to eat them.