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Cosmin Dragomir is one of Romania’s well-known food journalists, focused on the history and anthropology of local and regional gastronomy.

He wrote hundreds of culinary articles, the author of several books like „Curatorul de zacuscă. Și alte povești culinare românești” (“The zacusca curator. And other Romanian culinary stories”, with zacusca being a vegetable spread popular all over Southeast Europe, like the ajvar or ljutenica or pindjur), and co-author of the „Dulce Românie. O istorie a deserturilor de la noi” anthology („Sweet Romania, a history of our desserts”). Cosmin is currently working on two new editorial projects: “On the Heights of hangover, a history of tripe soup and not only”, and “The Universal Encyclopedia of Sarmals”. The podcast he hosts, „Amintiri Gustoase”. is the most listened podcast on gastronomy in Romania.

He has organized dozens of gastronomic events (conferences, debates, congresses) and is the co-initiator of a law that establishes a Romanian National Day of Gastronomy and Wine, celebrated on the first Sunday of October.

Together with his fellow journalist Cristian Iohan Ștefănescu from the Romanian desk of Deutsche Welle, he embarked this year on a documentary journey through the Balkans that will end with a comparative study of the region’s gastronomy (and not only gastronomy) – #balkanstastesandmore.

„If it’s edible it’s likely to be tasty,” says Cosmin. Earlier this year, he completed the tasting session at the Disgusting Food Museum in Malmö, ate ants in Copenhagen and raw octopus for breakfast at the fish market in Bari.