Seasonal recipes

A recipe is never just a recipe. And this is why cookbooks continue to be books which are bought, flipped through and stained – with joy. I recently took part…

Mulled wine at +18 degrees Celsius isn’t the brightest of ideas. But when I initially thought of the idea to serve mulled wine at our Advent wreath Pantarul workshop, it…

Grah rogačić, that’s what we call green beans in Dubrovnik – it’s a very local name, so don’t try it out in Split or Zagreb. I love green beans in…

Some would argue that baked apples aren’t a dessert at all. But I beg to differ. If you manage to get some organic apples of the smallest variety (such as…

Once upon a time (aka last week) there were far too many cherries and strawberries in the fridge for our family to devour (no matter how devoted  to the task…

Fine dubrovačke gospođe (posh ladies from Dubrovnik) are well aware that a cake which is supposed to impress their guests should be one without flour. This is not part of…

If you’ve been following me on Instagram, you will have realized by now that I’m more of a plant than animal person. My windowsill is currently brimming with all kinds…

There it was, sitting on my kitchen counter – a bag chock full of tomatoes which I had no idea what to do with. Salads are fine, I love them,…

Full disclosure (no matter how shameful this statement may be): these are my first knedle. Like, ever. Like, never-even-tasted-them-let-alone-made-them-before ever. Now that I got that off my chest, I can…

This one with the black bryony is going to be a hit among the foreigners, I said. Yeah, he said. We were both wrong. I was convinced that our chef’s…