Archive for the ‘Pastry’ Category

Croatian Wine Dinner in Berkeley

Monday, April 2nd, 2007

If you're in or near Berkeley, California, you might be interested in checking out a four-course wine tasting dinner at Caffe Venezia on Thursday. Good labels, to be sure, and great accompanying dishes. I'm tempted to go just for the lamb braised in paprika and tarragon. ________________ Bakalar and Blitva - salt ...

Burek at Pekara Arta

Monday, June 5th, 2006

Freshly baked breads and sweets are everywhere in Croatia. One can scarcely propel oneself 500 meters without seeing a pekara or pekarnica ('bakery' and 'bake shop' respectively), and while I was in the Maksimir area of town waiting for a friend to finish work, I did some work of my ...