The Shopi country around Sofia, reaching towards the Serbian and North Macedonian borders. Dairy and yoghurt, white cheese, beans, potatoes, maize, breads, grilled meat, soups and village preserves. A regional culture, not a synonym for Bulgarian cooking as a whole.
Shopluk is a regional culture around Sofia extending towards the Serbian and North Macedonian borders. It is recorded as a region, not as a synonym for Bulgarian cooking, and the shared foodways across those borders are recorded as continuity rather than ownership.documented