Editing Slovenia (section)

=== Cuisine ===
{{Main|Slovenian cuisine|Slovenian wine}}
[[File:Velika noč - jedila hren šunka pirhi potica.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Slovenian potica|Potica]] as part of traditional Slovenian Easter breakfast]]
[[File:Maribor Zametovka vine and daughter.png|right|thumb|300px|The more-than-400-year-old Žametovka vine growing outside the Old Vine House in Maribor. To the right of the vine is a daughter vine taken from a cutting of the old vine.]]
Slovenian cuisine is a mixture of Central European cuisine (especially [[Austrian cuisine|Austrian]] and [[Hungarian cuisine|Hungarian]]), [[Mediterranean cuisine]] and [[Balkan cuisine]]. Historically, Slovenian cuisine was divided into town, farmhouse, cottage, castle, parsonage and monastic cuisines. Due to the variety of Slovenian cultural and natural landscapes, there are more than 40 distinct regional cuisines.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thezaurus.com/cuisine_of_slovenia// |title=Cuisine of Slovenia |author=<Sandi Ceferin> |date= 3 April 2007|website=thezaurus.com |publisher=Institute for Slovenian Studies of Victoria |access-date=26 September 2024 |quote=}}</ref>

[[Ethnology|Ethnologically]], the most characteristic Slovene dishes were one-pot dishes, such as ''[[ričet]]'', [[Istrian stew]] ({{lang|sl|jota}}), [[minestrone]] ({{lang|sl|mineštra}}), and ''[[žganci]] ''buckwheat spoonbread; in the [[Prekmurje]] region there is also ''[[bujta repa]]'', and ''[[prekmurska gibanica]]'' pastry. [[Prosciutto]] ({{lang|sl|pršut}}) is a delicacy of the [[Slovene Littoral]]. The {{lang|sl|[[potica]]}} (a type of [[nut roll]]) has become a symbol of Slovenia, especially among the [[American Slovenes|Slovene diaspora in the United States]]. [[Soup]]s were added to the traditional one-pot meals and various kinds of porridge and stew only in relatively recent history.

Each year since 2000, the [[Roasted Potato Festival]] has been organized by the ''Society for the Recognition of Roasted Potatoes as a Distinct Dish''. Roasted potatoes, which have been traditionally served in most Slovenian families only on Sundays, have been depicted on a special edition of [[post mark]]s by the [[Post of Slovenia]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.posta.si/zasebno |title=Pošta Slovenije |access-date=18 April 2024}}</ref> The best known sausage is ''[[kranjska klobasa]]''. Slovenia is also the home of the world's [[old vine|oldest vine]], which is 400 years old.

Slovenia has been awarded the [[European Region of Gastronomy]] title for the year 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.europeanregionofgastronomy.org/platform/slovenia-2021/ |title=Slovenia 2021 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=europeanregionofgastronomy.org |publisher=International Institute of Gastronomy, Culture, Arts and Tourism |access-date=10 June 2021 |quote=}}</ref>