Archive for October, 2006
Can? Not!
Saturday, October 28th, 2006Anchovies have always been one of my favorite snacks. Before I visited the Adriatic coast, you could often find me huddled over a can of salted anchovies in oil, slurping up the lubricious filets like a terrestrial dolphin with thumbs. The ancient method of salt-curing fish is still employed in ...
In Sickness And In Health
Friday, October 27th, 2006I'm feeling a little better and celebrated with a bar of Kraš Novo Lješnjak chocolate and a jar of Nutella. Yeah, that's a milk chocolate bar filled with hazelnut creme, dipped into chocolate hazelnut spread. If you think that's redundant, you haven't tried it. With a combination like that in ...
Great Neck
Thursday, October 19th, 2006Whether grilling, roasting, curing or smoking, Croatians have incredible skills when it comes to preparing meat. I am consistently amazed by what appears to be a near-magical ability to make the flesh of one animal taste like that of another. My friend Kornelija’s mother makes a transcendent braised ...
Totally Tubular
Wednesday, October 18th, 2006I'd be a real jerk for not introducing my friends in America to the exquisitely simple pleasures of Dalmatian cuisine, and my recent visit to Brooklyn gave me an opportunity to do just that. I walked with Mike and Karen to the farmer's market in Prospect Heights where, luckily, there ...
Polish Danish
Thursday, October 5th, 2006The Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY is teeming with Polish restaurants, meat markets, cafes... and even Polish people! Cafe Riviera (currently my favorite coffee shop on Manhattan Avenue) serves up this dandy of a danish adorned variously with fresh strawberries, blueberries, peaches and others. I think my time in Zagreb ...
