Istria has been a republic in the middle ages and Istrians are proud of their rich history and cosmopolitan spirit. The peninsula was under the rule of Roman Empire, Venetian republic, Habsburg empire, Napoleon, Austrian rule and finally Yugoslav before it became a part of Croatia nowadays. It is one of the most visited places […]
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Chicken soup (pileća supa)
There are two things that my grandmother Dusanka makes the best in the world: it is the chicken soup and sarma. We have made sarma in the earlier menu, and...
Gibanica
If you ever heard about Balkan cuisine, you could not have missed this one - gibanica. Enjoy the recipe!
Potica – Slovenian rolled cake
If you ever visit Slovenia, you should not miss lake Bled. And there, there will be something sweet awaiting. Try Slovenian potica!
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Tasting the Adriatic
Adriatic sea, separating two European peninsulas: Italian and Balkan is a home to over 1300 islands that are mainly stretching along the Croatian coast. Besides Italy and Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania Slovenia are the countries blessed with the piece of this beautiful blue sea surrounded by rocky shores, lemon, orange and pine trees […]
Greek meze
One of the unique characteristics of Greek cuisine is a large variety of appetisers- starters or in Greek “mezedes”. There are so many, in fact that you will find a number of mezedopoleio, or cafe-restaurants serving endless choice of starters, as many as 50 on the menu, all across the country. When I first had […]