Cutting into the burek at Blend’s in Dongan Hills. Photo: Alison Viana Cutting into the burek at Blend’s in Dongan Hills. Photo: Alison Viana Scrolling through TikTok recently, I came across a short ...

Sometimes, watching a dish being made is as much fun as eating it. Given the deliciousness of Jasenko Osmic’s burek — a steaming, meat-and-potato-stuffed pastry — that’s an awful lot of fun. At Balkan ...

From the very first time I ate burek - a usually savory and almost always flaky stuffed pastry prominent in the Balkans - it has been, hands down, one of my favorite street snacks. I've been putting ...

Pastry chef Alida Malushi moved to New Jersey 30 years ago, but if she closes her eyes and pictures the wood-burning stove in her family’s house in Kosovo, where she grew up, she can still smell the ...

In order to make hundreds of burek each day, you have to move quickly. These baked treats are produced en masse by just one person at the busy City Fresh Market in West Rogers Park. "We like to refer ...

One of the most popular local dishes in the Balkans is burek, also known as pita, a layered pastry stuffed with meat, cheese, or other fillings. In Bosnia, burek is a source of national pride, and ...

Ariana Malushi wanted to learn how to make traditional Albanian food after her grandmother Magbule passed away in November 2017. So approached her aunt, Alida Malushi, to learn. On Sundays, the duo ...