Food & drink
Food & Drink
If you're looking for a random fact to drop into your conversation next time you're down the pub, how about this one: last year, Latvian breweries produced more than 74 million liters of beer. To be precise, 74,546,098 liters, according to Eurostat data to mark International Beer Day on August 6 -- as if awareness of beer needed to be raised.
This year's ultra-hot summer has contributed to an unprecedented demand for ice cream. Interest in this product increased by up to 40%, Latvian Radio reported August 1.
People in the Baltic states, including Latvia, are much less likely to chug down sugar-sweetened drinks than those in other parts of Europe, according to newly published data from Eurostat.
Many crops are ready early this year, and a shortage of workforce inevitably leads to fruit and vegetable left rotting on the fields. In an attempt to minimise the damage, some farms are inviting people to self-harvest for their own consumption, Latvian Television reported July 18.
The Food and Veterinary Service (PVD), having received a complaint concerning the purchase of damaged chicken at the e-partika.lv Internet shop, carried out an inspection in which it removed a total of 1616,8 kilograms of food from circulation, the PVD said July 12.
Solstice is a magical time, nature is in full bloom, and this means that it is the right time to harvest various plants and herbs to put in your cuppa. How successful is the tea-growing business in Latvia? Latvian Radio spoke to experts on June 22.
The Food and Veterinary Service (PVD) has identified a number of cases of salmonellosis in imported poultry meat from Poland and Lithuania, Latvian Radio reported June 21.
Indoor catering services will be made available to Covid-19 certificate holders as of June 15, government decided June 10.
Rīga has several public water taps. There used to be many more. Where have they gone, and does Rīga have a potential for public drinking water taps?
Cheese producers worry that the traditional Jāņu cheese is losing demand, Latvian Television broadcast 4. studija reported May 9.
Though cafes and restaurants have been closed for several months, food trucks have not gained much popularity in Latvia, Latvian Radio reported April 8.
It has been attributed as the cause of many things, from Latvians' tall stature and fair hair to their somewhat introverted and reserved emotional nature, but whatever the truth of such claims, one thing is sure: for any self-respecting son (or daughter) of the forest, nothing says 'April is here at last!' better than a bowl of Cold Pine Cone Soup (Priežu čiekuru auksta zupa).
While to some the phrase "Le Beaujolais Nouveau est arrivé!" is the highlights of the drinks calendar, to Latvians the equivalent is something like "Tek bērzu sula!" [The birch juice is flowing!].
One of Latvia's best-known brands of beer is being bought by a Finnish brewing group that already has another popular Latvian beer in its portfolio.
It's the first question that filters into many of our heads each morning: how strong is the coffee?
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