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wooden hay fork

The Craft of Wooden Hay Forks Amazing Skills VIDEO

All over the country, people flock to the mountains during weekends and holidays to breathe in the crisp and clean mountain air and climb the highest point of Romania. The route starts from the...

Stretched Curd Smoked Cheese from Brădet

Smoked Cheese Made in the Carpathian Mountains – VIDEO

On the southern slopes of the Carpathian Mountains, in a land of old-growth forests, at the foot of Moldoveanu Peak, the highest mountain peak in Romania, nestles the village of Nucșoara. Far away from...

cheesemaking on romanian sheepfold

Best Artisan Cheese I’ve Ever Had! Visit to a Romanian Sheepfold

I like to start my summer with a supply of artisan cheese that I buy from sheepfolds and store in brine throughout the summer, to eat in combination with tomatoes. Each year we like...

Making of Wooden Barrels

Cooper Can Make Wooden Barrels With Eyes Closed – VIDEO

Nestled among the rolling foothills of the Carpathian Mountains in Muntenia, the Coșești commune is made up of seven villages like seven gems along the Doamnei River Valley: Coșești, Jupânești, Lăpușani, Leicești, Păcioiu, Petrești,...

Carpenter Toader Sorea Installing Walnut Floor

Carpenter Built Walnut Hardwood Flooring from Scraps

When we look at beautiful photos of the interiors of houses, rarely do we spot all the effort that went into it. The truth is that beautiful and truly personalised interiors can only be...

Wooden Wheel Craft Wheelwright Popescu Vasile Chiriacut

Highly Skilled Craft of a Wooden Wheel – VIDEO

You may not believe it now, when we are faster than ever, more comfortable, and can travel longer distances than barely a hundred years ago, a handful of specialized craftsmen would spend days on...

Pizza Napoletana recipe

Best Neapolitan Pizza in Romania – MUST EAT When You’re in Bukovina

Originally from Naples, Italy, Gaetano moved to Romania with his wife, Doina,  back in 2013. They came to his wife’s hometown, Milișăuți, a famous Bucovinean town with a tradition of making sour cabbage in...

Stuffed Grape Leaves Dolmas

Stuffed Grape Leaves With Ground Meat and Rice (Video Recipe)

On a beautiful spring morning  in a sleepy village the air was cool and light, and a gentle breeze blew, rustling through the vine leaves, and creating a soothing sound. The village cook, Maria...

Ursachi Daniel

Reclaimed Wood From Old Romanian Houses Is Given a New Life

Decades after the fall of communism in Romania, a vast majority of the historic houses have been destroyed. In haste to transform a traditional society into an urban, industrial society, valuable cultural goods had...

installing wood shingles roofing

Making and Installing Wood Shingles in Romanian Crafts Village – VIDEO

Carpenter Iosif Cîrstean Had Split Wood Shingles With Hand Tools, Then Installed Them Onto a Tree House Since we started this blog, I get a lot of people asking if there’s any place in...

Lavender Harvest Oil Distillation

Lavender Essential Oil Making on Black Sea Coast, Romania

It was a beautiful sunny afternoon in early July when we set off for The Lavender Festival to catch up on this picturesque event taking place in Pecineaga, with only a few days before...

Woodturning Captive Ring Goblet Sorin Boicu

Woodturning a Captive Ring Goblet

From carving rustic furniture, woodturning kitchen utensils, and making wooden house models out of hundreds of small pieces of wood, to massive works made out of logs, such as swings, verandas, fences, and porch...

Woodworking Craftsman

Woodworking Craftsman Builds Rustic Stool With Hand Tools

This is the village of Iaslovăț, a village of high standards with respect to the virtue of diligence, for diligence is the most crucial trait of the people from Iaslovăț. Add talent and skills...

Making roof shingles

Making Roof Shingles With Hand Tools

Have you ever admired the old houses covered with shingles from an open-air village museum? Well, those shingles were most likely hand-split piece by piece in a small carpentry workshop from the village of...

hazel basket weaving basket Weaver Mircea Cordoș

Hazel Basket Weaving From Start to Finish

While in Breb, it was curious to see villagers trotting down the road with hazel pack baskets on their backs. One woman had it stuffed with groceries, another was carrying her freshly picked nettles...

fulling wool in fulling mill Maramureș

The Complete Process of Fulling Wool With VIDEO

The day was here at last! I was going to see a properly operating fulling mill in the locals’ backyard. This is something I’ve been meaning to show you for years. It was the...