The Black Sea table is often summarised by anchovy, but its deeper structure lies in corn, beans, collard greens, butter, tea and hazelnuts — crops and techniques adapted to steep, wet ground.
A cuisine of vertical geography
Coast, valley and high pasture sit close on the map but produce different appetites. Fish travels inland; dairy and maize move down; pickles keep brightness through rain. The most convincing dishes hold more than one altitude at once.
