Archive for May, 2006
Saturday, May 27th, 2006
As much as I've enjoyed my time in Zagreb before the jaunt to Pelješac, a little time in the country was just what the doctor ordered. So I went with my dear friend Kornelija to her hometown of Zdenčina. The expedition from Zagreb's main rail station was a pleasant thirty ...
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Friday, May 26th, 2006
This is Croatian bacon. It is known as panceta in Dalmatia, but the northern continentals refer to it as špek, the Croatized version of the German word for bacon. It's really just ordinary cured, smoked pork belly, but most of the bacon in Croatia is drier and more dense than ...
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Thursday, May 25th, 2006
I am told that the best ćevapčići in all of Zagreb are served at a place called BK Sava next to a soccer field, only about a hundred meters from the banks of the Sava River. I went to Sava to see if it was true.
I was fond of ćevapčići ...
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Thursday, May 18th, 2006
After ice cream from Vincek, I walked with Kornelija to her hiking club’s weekly meeting. It was held on the second floor of a multi-purpose building near Glavni Kolodvor that operates as a sort of community center with two independently owned cafes on the first floor. There was some work ...
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Thursday, May 18th, 2006
My friends in Zagreb have been very good to me, treating me to the best of everything this incredible city has to offer. After the Festival Starih Zanata at Trg Bana Josipa Jelačića, I went for an ice cream with Kornelija - but not just any ice cream.
We walked a ...
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