Happy Holidays! As is the tradition, here is a selection of my favorite recipes from this year’s posts, perfect for your table whether you’re planning a quiet dinner for two or a …
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I’ve been wanting to make crab rillettes for quite some time now. The idea sprung from a dish I tried at Michael Mina’s late RN74 in San Francisco back in 2015: Dungeness crab …
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Several years ago, I blogged my very first Croatian dessert, the Dalmatian fritters, little balls of fried dough coated in flavored confectioner’s sugar. That’s not, however, the sweet dish you’ll come across the …
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If you follow my Instagram account, you’ll have seen that I’m off to Moscow for a week, researching Russia’s latest food trends. Meanwhile, though I don’t make a lot of Thanksgiving recipes, …
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A note about my restaurant reviews: New York City counts many Eastern European restaurants scattered across the five boroughs, most of them ignored by restaurant critics and diners alike. I intend to visit …
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While you’re no doubt waiting for my next post (which will transport you back to Moldova), and in honor of the centennial of the October Revolution, I’d like to remind you about …
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The island of Vis, the farthest inhabited off the Dalmatian coast, has long been known for its fishing and its fishermen. Some go so far as to claim that the inventions of these …
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Duck hunting season is just starting here in New York State, which is rather hard to imagine considering that we’re still running the air conditioners to fight off seemingly never-ending summer temperatures. …