Social importance of the meals and characteristics of the Slovak food

A greasy local cuisine, appreciated locally (at home rather than in restaurants)

Strong alcohool consumption:
- wine tradition in Small Carpats, above Bratislava
- Slivovica : a high quality fruit-plums-brandy, traditional and popular drink of Middle and Eastern Europe.
- Borovička : a Slovak alcoholic beverage flavored with juniper berries.
- Slovak beer brand : Zlatý Bažant (Golden Pheasant) was founded in 1969 and is produced at the brewery in Hurbanovo. It was purchased by the Heineken.

 

Three or four meals a day

A few recipes

Bryndzové halušky

Oštiepok cheese : a protected trade name under the EU’s protected geographical indication