Macedonian food is fresh and rustic, built on sun-ripened vegetables and the grill. Try:
- Tavče gravče — baked beans in a clay pot, the national dish
- Ajvar, a rich roasted red-pepper relish
- Šopska salad with crumbled white cheese
- Grilled meats — kebapi and pleskavica
- Stuffed peppers and vine leaves (sarma)
- Lake Ohrid trout, a local delicacy
- Burek pastries for breakfast
- Tikveš wines, made here since antiquity