Small talk in big situations: It can be awkward. So props to Pope Francis for trying to chat up first lady Melania Trump about potica, a baked specialty from her native Slovenia. And a big ol' "we ...

The pontiff was referring to potica, a sweet bread usually filled with nuts from Melania's native country of Slovenia Stephanie Petit is a Royals Editor, Writer and Reporter at PEOPLE. Pope Francis ...

Get ready, Twin Cities. The quintessential Iron Range pastry is moving en masse down south. To be sure, many people in the metro already know about potica (pronounced po-TEET-sa). For many years, you ...

If Melania Trump met with Pope Francis, what would they talk about? It’s a trick question. The first lady and the pope did meet last year — and the subject of their conversation was, at least in part, ...

Andrej’s European Pastry was launched 15 years ago in Jan Gadzo’s home in Chisholm. But as business grew, production of his Old World walnut potica was moved twice to bigger commercial kitchens on the ...

Chef Yia Vang makes MN Iron Range favorite, potica, with Samantha Kelly & Ashley Leonard. Chef Yia Vang makes Minnesota Iron Range favorite, potica, with Eveleth natives Samantha Kelly (recipe ...

Le Beaujolais nouveau est arrivé! It’s the perennial cry heard throughout Paris on the third Thursday of November as wine lovers celebrate the arrival of the Beaujolais red wine. This year, the ...

AURORA, Minn.—Andrej’s European Pastry owners Ján and Jean Gadzo have spoken with many speechless people during the past decade. Often there is silence on the other end of the line when they call ...

Ahhhh, potica, that wonderful, sweet, traditional holiday treat from Slovenia. Pronounced poh-TEET-sah, the yeast bread/pastry is rolled with a filling of nuts, butter, sugar and other goodies and ...

Who doesn’t like a good Serbi-Slavic treat for the holidays? Potica (po-TEET-za) is a popular European nut bread most often served as a breakfast treat, an afternoon snack, or a lightly sweet dessert ...

On Minnesota’s Iron Range when I was a kid, hardly anyone could be married or buried without potica being served. Immigrant Slovenians and Croatians who found jobs and built homes in that necklace of ...

The Little Market & Deli, on the out-of-the-way corner of 749 E. Willamette Ave. near downtown Colorado Springs, likes to hold onto traditions. Not surprising considering the market has been a corner ...