Near the end of our Asian trip, when we were already saturated with the local food, I started missing bread, cheese and olives. The strong craving for olives could not be satisfied in the Laotian…
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Cooking with Branko: Serbian Gibanica
KOVIN We visited our friend Branko in Kovin, his home town, located some 50 km from Belgrade. It’s not big and can’t be considered a tourist attraction but Eurovelo track cuts through it and the…
The ingredients of Serbia
To learn what the Serbs eat, let’s begin with the basics, that is by taking a look at what we like best — the open-air markets. Their central part is usually dominated by stalls piled…
Croatian fish festival and the Slavonian Fiš Paprikaš
At the edge of the Kopački Rit Nature Park in the Croatian historical region of Slavonia lies the Kopačevo village. As we found out, people here always lived “with one foot in the water and the other…
On burgers and intuition
Lately, a rare thought has been knock, knock, knocking on the door of my consciousness. It was: I Should Eat a Good Burger. I ignored it, to an extent, because I was busy with other…
“Sweet makes you dizzy, bitter makes you healthy” – on culinary customs of Southeast Asia
Although it’s not a big subject on the blog, our travels are also a search for answers on how to eat to stay healthy. At home, I expand my nutrition knowledge and during travels I…
Indonesian cuisine (the good, the bad and the ugly)
It was quite easy to familiarize ourselves with the Indonesian language, at least as far as the culinary art is concerned. Several simple words, such as nasi (rice), mie (noodles), goreng (fried), rebus (cooked), bakar…
Cooking in the summer heat – Laotian cucumber salad
The record-breaking heat of the last weeks left us with no desire to cook while our thoughts turned in the direction of sun-baked Laos. Laotians, like other nations we visited during our Asian trip, seemed…
On cherries and happiness
This is a story about fruit and about the countryside and happiness. The weekends and holidays I’ve spent outside the city are some of my best childhood memories. Wandering around, tasting every wild plant, running…
What to eat in Laos?
The fear of food poisoning causes many people to deny themselves the exploration of Laotian food. It’s a pity, because this wonderful country offers an interesting and flavorful cuisine, one quietly hiding between two internationally famous…