What you'll eat

Štruklji (rolled dumplings, sweet or savoury), Kranjska klobasa (paprika-spiced pork sausage), jota (sauerkraut and bean stew), Idrijski žlikrofi (tiny stuffed pasta), and prekmurska gibanica (a four-layer cake of poppy seed, walnut, apple, and curd).

Fresh fish (gilthead bream, sea bass), buzara-style mussels, fuži pasta with truffles, Refošk red and Malvazija white. Olive oils that compete with Tuscany’s.

Frika (potato and cheese fry-up), trota (river trout), Tolminc cheese (PDO), and kobariški štruklji (with walnuts and rum).

Seriously underrated wines — try Rebula, Refošk, and orange wines from Brda. Local beers Laško and Union. Schnapps: borovničke (blueberry) and slivovka (plum).