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grandma's meatloaf

2006-07-04T17:08:00.000-07:00

shopping at Getro

2006-07-04T17:03:00.000-07:00

Getro is a chain grocery store in Croatia. They have got everthing from fresh produce, dairy products, bakery goods and alcohol... Fun place!

grandma's chocolate cherry cake

2006-07-04T17:00:00.000-07:00

croatian hot chocolate

2006-07-04T16:47:00.000-07:00

I am not a big fan of hot chocolate to begin with, however, the hot chocolate I happened to have in Zagreb was absolutely amazing... It is very rich, creamy and thick. When I first tried it, I was wondering what makes it so thick. Later when I got hot chocolate mix from a grocery store, I found out that it contains significant amount of starch. It is definitely worth trying!

grandma's strawberry shortcake

2006-05-30T06:30:00.000-07:00

grandma's strukle

2006-05-30T06:17:00.000-07:00

Croatian style soup with home-made pasta with cottage cheese. Grandma made this dish for us, and just like all the other dishes that she prepared for us, this was delicious and perfect for a cold, rainy day like today.

Kras

2006-05-30T05:58:00.000-07:00

Kras makes one of the most well-known chocolates in this part of the world. Their dark chocolate is simply amazing... The picture is one of their most popular lines, Griotte. This is dark chocolate covered sour cherry in brandy. My crazy Croatian friends call this "Grehote", meaning "original sin". Looking at the empty box of Grehote, I must confess I am such a sinful person now.

red flower in Rovinj

2006-05-29T03:01:00.000-07:00

Yes, I do take non-food pictures sometimes. ;-)

red clovers in Zagoria

2006-05-29T02:59:00.000-07:00

yellow flowers at a beach in Rovinj

2006-05-29T02:52:00.000-07:00

pink flower in Zagoria

2006-05-29T02:34:00.000-07:00

Ranka's salt-crusted brancin

2006-05-28T18:16:00.000-07:00

Coach Horva and Anita's friend, Ranka, cooked lunch for us in Rovinj. Brancin is a Croatian word for white sea fish, but we cannot find this word in English on our dictionary. It may be a kind of fish that is only in this region.

raznjici u somunu

2006-05-28T17:30:00.000-07:00

Tomi, Anita's nephew, enjoying raznjici.

Tomi and Anita. Tomi is Karate Master of the family along with his brother Marko.

grandma's Croatian pancakes

2006-05-28T16:48:00.000-07:00

Croatian pancakes are served with chocolate, icecream, jam, whipcream, etc... Croatian pancakes are a bit heavier in texture than French crapes, maybe because of amount of eggs...? Anyhways, it tastes AWESOME...

Grandma, everyone's favorite chef, enjoying her famous Croatian pancakes.

ledo

2006-05-28T16:43:00.000-07:00

Croatian company that makes excellent icecream in this part of the world... The picture shows their pistachio and strawberry icecream.

Croatian pizza

2006-05-28T16:31:00.000-07:00

When Kontesa Nera was in the US, they told me that Domino's was not what they call "pizza" in Croatia. Back then I did not understand what they meant, however, now I know clearly why they said what they said. Why is Croatian pizza so good? --- I am not sure exactly, but I can only assume that Croatian people tend to use more fresh, domestic ingredients. For me unfortunately, that simply means that I cannot really replicate the food in the US... ;-(

grandma's fish paprikas

2006-05-27T14:53:00.000-07:00

Croatian fishermen's creation - tomato based soup with carp. This was also made by granma. She has cooked so many dishes for us already for the last several days, and there was no dish that I did not enjoy. I must say fish paprikas was my favorite of all the dishes that she has made for us. Evidently there are not many people who can make fish paprikas now because this was originally fishermen's creation, and not many people inherited the recipe.

cevapi u somunu

2006-05-26T04:01:00.000-07:00

Croatian style humberg with ground veal and pork. Usually served with homemade bread which has similar texture to Indian nan.

Coach Horva's vegetable soup

2006-05-26T03:57:00.000-07:00

Vegeta with domestic veggies and homemade pasta

Laguna - 2004 Merlot

2006-05-26T03:54:00.000-07:00

easy-to-drink table wine with light fruity touch.

Coach Horva's veal stew

2006-05-26T03:52:00.000-07:00

Coach Horva's special dish: with veal, grean peas and a lot of basils.

krafna - Croatian donut

2006-05-26T03:49:00.000-07:00

samoborska kremsnita

2006-05-26T03:24:00.000-07:00

samoborska kremsnita: specialty sweets from the city of Samobor. They use whipped custard cream between fraky layers of crust.

grandma's domace pile

2006-05-26T03:17:00.000-07:00

domace pile: Croatian free range young chichen

domaci krumpir - domestic potatoes - usually served with a meat dish.

kruh - bread

2006-05-26T03:10:00.000-07:00

Coach Horva with a huge kruh

grandma's sarma

2006-05-26T03:02:00.000-07:00

Sarma: Croatian style stuffed cabbege rolls

Sarma is usually served with mushed potatoes.

granma's kolaches

2006-05-26T03:00:00.000-07:00

granma's strawberry cake

2006-05-26T02:57:00.000-07:00

Croatian BBQ

2006-05-26T02:22:00.000-07:00

Tomo and Croatian BBQ pit.

Cevapcici: Croatian style sausage with ground veal and pork

Cevapcici and pork chops

Cevapcici with Croatian bread and salad