Archive for the ‘Sweets’ Category

Christmas Time is Here

Tuesday, December 25th, 2007

For me, that means making chocolate truffles, and this year I used all organic ingredients: chocolate, cream, and fresh lavender. Yes, lavender chocolate truffles. I absolutely adore lavender. For the smooth ganache centers, I used equal parts cream and chocolate (about 16 oz. on a dry scale). I brought the ...

Cats love ‘em too.

Friday, April 6th, 2007



Bakalar at Zagreb’s Bistro Lampion

Wednesday, January 10th, 2007

It was a tongue-twister of a lunch on a drizzly late-spring afternoon in Remiza, a working-class neighborhood of Zagreb with winding alleys and hidden back roads. Josip and I had originally planned to leave on that day for Ku?ište with his brother-in-law Anton to begin ...