Slovenian cuisine
Slovenia, though small in size, has a wide range of traditional dishes. They can vary quite widely, as they derive from various culinary traditions, that have, through centuries, been shaped by factors, such as location of regions and their climatic conditions, cultural diversity and variety of folk traditions, historic divide between urban and rural life, and let us not forget significant effects of historical events and culinary influences of bordering countries. Thus,traditional Slovenian cuisine in south can be influenced by Italian cuisine, in north one can taste impact of Austria, in east Croatia and in north-east Hungary.
Regardless of many factors that helped shape diverse tastes of traditional Slovenian dishes, Slovenian cuisine throughout history managed to shape its own distinctive personality, within which even most gourmet eater will be able to find something to pamper their taste buds.