Food & drink
Food & Drink
Food & Drink
April in Latvia is synonymous with drinking the freshly tapped sap of the birch tree.
Meat lovers in Latvia were paying 4% more for their chops, burgers, wings and steaks in February 2024 than a year earlier, according to Eurostat data published April 5.
In greenhouses, harvest time will start in mid-April and this year's vegetable harvest promises to be good, Latvian Television reported on April 1.
Most of us have bought a pack or two of eggs over the past few days. Observations show that the eggs you have bought this year are more likely to have come from happy chickens, Latvian Radio reports.
Where there is Easter, there are eggs, and where there are eggs there is salt, and where there is salt is the question of whether you're eating too much of the stuff.
Central Statistical Bureau provisional data published on March 22 show that in 2023 meat production dropped – 91.0 thousand tonnes of meat were produced, which is 3.2 thousand tonnes or 3.4 % less than in 2022.
At least a thousand candy wrappers produced in Latvia – and not only – have been compiled in one collection. Its creator, Arnita Ķerubine, says this is history too, only from a different perspective. The collection is now in Daugavpils, LRT+ reported on March 20.
Last year, each resident in Latvia ate an average of 23 kilograms (kg) of cheese. The latest data from the association Cheese Club (Siera klubs) show that both cheese production and exports increased significantly last year. The industry predicts that positive trends will continue this year, Latvian Radio reported March 6.
A fresh slice of pizza-based data from Eurostat comes with an unpleasant side salad that reveals Latvians are paying a lot more for their pizzas than they did a year ago.
Central Statistical Bureau provisional data show published February 8 that in 2023, compared to 2022, dairy production increased by 31.9 thousand tonnes or 24.0 %.
Most schools in Daugavpils, Latvia's second-largest city, introduced new meal arrangements for students following the Christmas holidays with a so-called "Swedish table" – essentially a buffet – replacing the previous system of set meals.
A joint charity campaign between the fuel station chain AS VIRŠI-A ("Virši") and SOS Children’s Villages Association has raised €21,018 in support of the Association’s efforts.
Only special greenhouses can grow vegetables in Latvian winters. So far, only tomatoes and cucumbers were grown in the Mārupe Greenhouses but on Wednesday, January 17, the company unveiled a lettuce greenhouse. The first greens had already been harvested, Latvian Television reported.
The website TasteAtlas has ranked Latvian cuisine among one of the worst in Europe, and Latvian traditional sklandrausis – a potato and carrot filling on rye base – the fifth most untasty food in the world. While experts question the objectivity of this judgment, the tourism industry plans to use the publicity, Latvian Television's "Culture Shock" reports.
Did you bake too many gingerbread cookies over Christmas? Fear not – LSM's Latvian language service has come to the rescue with three dessert recipes featuring the spicy crunchies.
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