As you explore the rich culinary landscape of Romania, you’ll inevitably encounter tuica, the country’s version of plum ...

This is a story about a Logan Square restaurant owner, a Transylvanian janitor and a family recipe rooted in Romania. And it all started with a tinfoil-wrapped plastic water bottle full of booze. Once ...

The hottest new spirit in Chicago this winter? Plum brandy, which two Chicago distilleries released this week. At Fat Rice’s holiday market last Sunday, the Macanese restaurant was selling bottles of ...

Would you like some Romanian plum brandy with your Macanese cuisine? Chef Abe Conlon of Logan Square’s Fat Rice thinks you might. It’s an odd story that began when Fat Rice’s handyman, Ioan “Onu” ...

Not long ago, I gave a dinner party typical of the Washington scene, with guests who had spent considerable time in other places. Foreign service officers, journalists, academics who had enjoyed ...

The plum brandy sljivovica has been handcrafted and consumed in Serbia for centuries, a custom carried from generation to generation. The drink has become part of the national identity. It's now been ...