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Đul-pita, or ružice – one of the most charmingly named sweet treats from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Đul means roses, a word derived from the Turkish word for roses…
The Foodnetwork in the USA asked me to write an article about, and develop a recipe inspired by, how we celebrate Orthodox Christmas. One of my family’s favorite…
An incredibly easy and delicious layered apple cake without egg or dairy – another one of the many incredibly inventive dishes made for periods of fasting in the…
Milibrod is a type of sweet yeasted bread that in the Balkans is typically eaten for Easter. The name “milibrod” I suppose comes from the German milchbrot, though…
Roast lamb is how most families across the southern Balkans who celebrate Easter break the Lenten fast. Špikovanje (larding) is a technique I first came across watching my…
This is, quite simply, my ultimate comfort food. It is something I adored as a child and still do. Although I have now been making this for myself…
“Ah! But you are ours!” said a wonderful Montenegrin lady in Perast to me a few years ago when I told her I was from Macedonia. We were…
“Of course, you also need to add some sweet paprika.” “How much?” “As much as it needs.” An instruction frequently repeated to me whenever I ask my mother…
“Kyfte na kromid”, and also called chufte sa lukom, chufte u umaku od crnog luka or souvan kyfte and loved across the southern Balkans. Essentially these are meatballs…
A combination of baked chicken and rice is never far from a Balkan table. To me, it embodies the Balkan ethos of cleverly utilising a little bit of…