Pravo Dalmatinsko: Branding Dalmatian Culinary Heritage

For a long time we have been watching how the Istrians are light years away from other Croatian regions when it comes to branding their wines, olive oils, gourmet scene, traditional produce, almost anything.

[Požega, Ilok] Museum in a Pot

Rainy days can be great. The opening of the exhibition called “Museum in a Pot” was our reason for driving to the easternmost town in Croatia, Ilok, last Friday…

An Incredible Afternoon in Krauthaker Winery

Here is a story we got from Ian Robertson, our devoted reader, who writes us how he spent an incredible afternoon spent with Ivo and Martina Grgić on one Sunday afternoon after last year’s Graševina Festival in Kutjevo.

Goat Cheese & Beer Pairing @Kumparička

We like goats. We like to cuddle them, drink their milk, eat the cheese and yoghurt made out of their milk, and let’s be completely honest, we like to eat their offspring.

Harissa: Where the Spice Is So Nice

Have you grown weary of adapting foreign recipes to the spices available in Croatia? Now Harissa Spice Store in the center of Zagreb makes it possible for you to cook wildly and freely, without a trip to Austria for some specific exotic spice!

VinoCOM 2012: Another Great Wine Party

We’ve been very fond of the wine festival at Hotel Regent Esplanade for years. It is held in a hotel which is not just beautiful and elegant but also has character…

Dalmatian Cooking and Taste of Croatia TV

John has returned to Croatia to begin work on the Taste of Croatia TV video series and… he has finally completed all of the editing and re-formatting of his book, Dalmatian Cooking!

“Rat kolačima”, stav uredništva Taste of Croatia

Nakon što smo zadnjih nekoliko dana pratili vrlo burnu raspravu koja se razvila na našem portalu i Facebook profilu odlučili smo, pročitavši sve izneseno, iznijeti i svoj stav. Također, informirali smo se i o pravnoj pozadini zaštite tradicije, imena i …

Brothers Čučković: Meet the Meat Masters!

So much more than just butchers…

Follow the Steps of Anthony Bourdain in Croatia

Croatia blew Anthony Bourdain’s mind and palate, as you can see in the Croatian episode of his TV show “No Reservations”. If you want to follow his trail, we prepared the itinerary as seen on TV (steps 1 to 10), and included additional suggestions for interesting spots nearby.

Vinistra feat. Taste of Croatia (again)

Have you ever wondered would the way you experience the wine change and would you be able to guess its color if you tasted it blindfold? Does the music that plays in the background also influence the perception of aromas and flavors?

Anthony Bourdain Rocks around Croatian Coast

..and boy, did he have a good time!

No reservations: Anthony Bourdain Croatia episode airs April 23rd!

Zagreb Wine Gourmet Weekend program

Winemakers and wine lovers from all over, unite! Since all the most important wine producers and representatives of the adjoining industries, opinion makers and media representatives from Croatia and the region will attend the festival, Zagreb Wine Gourmet Weekend is the place where you have to be from April 13 to 15.

More Croatian Restaurants in Jeunes Restaurateurs d’Europe

Jeunes Restaurateurs d’Europe (JRE) is an association of young restaurateurs. The thing they have in common is that they want to share their talent and passion for the profession with each other.

[VIDEO] Taste Extra Virgin Olive Oil Like a Pro

To taste an olive oil, avoid bread. Just drink it. Here is what to do when you visit an olive oil exhibition, like Oleum Olivarum, held this weekend in Krasica (Istria). You need to ask the producer to pour you …

Ice Wine Adventure in Zagorje

You know the rules: the temperature must be under -7 °C for a few days in a row, so the grape berries are frozen when you’re picking and pressing them. It’s a risky business, but the prize is well worth …

St. Vincent’s Day: A Toast to Another Winemaking Year

For winemakers in continental Croatia, St. Vincent is one of the patron saints and St. Vincent’s Day (22 January) is one of the most important dates in the year’s calendar.

Travarica: Put it in your belly

Rakija (rah-kee-yah) is the catch-all term for any kind of spirit distilled from fruit (and not just fruit) in Croatia, and it translates to ‘brandy’. Just as there’s apple brandy, plum brandy, berry brandy and so on, varieties distilled from …

Survey about your impressions and the future of the Taste of Croatia project

Dear fans and friends! We value good advice. So before planning the new strategy for the further development of our project, we have decided to ask for your objective opinion. We wrote a survey and it would mean a lot …

Anketa o doživljaju i budućnosti projekta Taste of Croatia

Mudri znanci i prijatelji! Dobar savjet zlata vrijedi. Zato smo mi iz Taste of Croatia prije osmišljavanja taktike za daljnji razvoj cijelog projekta odlučili potražiti objektivna tuđa mišljenja. Evo, napisali smo jednu anketicu i puno bi nam značilo kad biste …

Celebrity Pancake Death Match

How to challenge a famous TV chef like Tom Gretić from Hotel Monte Mulini in Rovinj? Invite him to a pancake duel hoping his everyday creative cooking adventures leave his basic pancake baking skills neglected and stunted. If you have …

Ode to sarma (or how to beat hangover)

These days there are loads of texts about curing hangover all over. Variations on this theme are incredible, from those which can piss you off (pharmaceutical propaganda) to those which can make you laugh.

Year 2011 As We’ll Remember It

It was definitely an interesting one. We have a feeling of having worked our asses off! This happens when you have a real job, and than you also have “an idea“! Which you just have to pursue. All because you’ve …

Top 3 must-make Christmas savory dishes

Here are 3 suggestions from Manjada and Enogastromama for you to make on Christmas Eve and Christmas. We wish you all Merry Christmas and a Happy and Tasty New Year! Pasta rolls with baccalà mantecato by Manjada Meet a traditional …

Top 5 must-make Christmas recipes (PART 2) – Chocolate, cocoa & cinnamon

And what would Christmas be without chocolate, cocoa and cinnamon? Me (Eno-gastro-mama) and my dear friends bloggers Nevena Buljan from “Ebba’s cuisine” and Ana-Marija from “Da mi je nešto slatko” decided to share with you a list of our favorite …

Top 5 must-make Christmas recipes (PART 1): Vanilla Crescents

What’s the first thing that comes to your mind when thinking of Christmas? For me it’s certainly a happy family and the scent of fresh made cookies just our of the oven. Me (Eno-gastro-mama) and my dear friends bloggers Nevena …

Blind tasting of Croatian, French and Italian “young” and Beaujolais style wines

We are in the season when many Croats love to drink “young” wines or, to put it more precisely, wines that were born just a few months before. Tradition demands that hectoliters of it start to be drunk on November …

Croatian Christmas classics

Thanks to Agrokor vina, we were invited to a great workshop whose aim was to pair all-time favourite holiday dishes with the appropriate wines in the most affordable price category of up to 70 kn. We felt like we hit …

Kotonjata: Sweet quince cheese

Kotonjata is a traditional sweet found both in the coastal parts of Croatia, especially Dubrovnik, and in the continental part, where it goes by the name of kitnkez. It is also made in many Italian regions, mostly in the south. …

D’issa: Croatian national team at London’s Borough Market

You think Luka Modrić is the hottest Croatian thing in London? Well, think again! London’s most famous and one of the biggest food markets, Borough Market, is a mecca for foodies around the world and a tourist attraction of its …

These people are the taste of Croatia

These are some of the people we’ve been writing about last months. It’s always a pleasure to see them again, this time at the 6th Zagreb International Festival of Wine & Culinary Art held in Hotel Regent Esplanade.

Meet people who are literally taste of Croatia.

Meet John, American chef and writer in love with Dalmatian food culture

It does not happen so often to get a feeling you know someone for ages just from reading his texts. This is how I felt with John. I was amazed by his insider understanding and deep admiration of Dalmatian food, wine and more than anything – way of life.

Gateway to Posavina co-op, Ivanić Grad

Projects like Gateway to Posavina – Vrata Posavine make us happy. They are a great example how the concept of Cooperative is probably the right way to go. Vrata Posavine is a small shop located at Ivanić Grad local market. It’s also a project, aiming to gather small, often organic and traditional producers “under one roof”.

Hum: Festival of homemade brandy

Festival celebrating homemade brandy and its enthusiast producers.

Istrian pršut: Unique dry-cured ham delicacy

Croatia boasts with its excellent pršut, or dry-cured ham, which falls into two main categories: Dalmatian and Istrian. Both are equally delicious, but each is specific as the production and the final product differ.

Korčula scenic vineyard drive

Remembering an evening drive through vineyards below Lumbarda will keep my mood up even in most depressing winter months. The narrow roads winding through the vineyards look like a path in a natural maze made of green walls, so you can easily get lost.

Chocolate cream with chili peppers, fleur de sel and olive oil Leccino

by Eno-Gastro-Mama
This is the quickest, most delicious and easiest dessert you may wish to prepare! This is what it looked like last Saturday…

Ozren & Željka: Restaurant week Croatia

Ozren and Željka decided to make a list of Zagreb fine restaurants and talk them into having a unique menu and price for a week, in an attempt to draw people into going out in restaurants, a concept that is widely popular in all the big cities of the world, but somehow not that lively in our very own Zagreb.

Stancija Kumparička – A very special place

Aleš Winkler is a somewhat unusual guy. How many people do you know who used to live in a city, work as a real-estate agent, and then suddenly decided they wanted to live in the country and raise goats? And that is exactly what he did.

Bucavac vineyards: Man-made miracle carved in rocks

Babić is a red wine variety from Šibenik surroundings with a glorious past (and not so bright present, apart from a couple of exceptions). And Bucavac location, just outside Primošten, above the Marina Kremik, used to be the most famous …

[VIDEO] An Englishwoman at Pula farmers market

Judith and Trevor from Pacta Connect, importers of Istran wine to the UK, but also our good friends, visited Pula this summer. Taste of Croatia was there to show them the secrets of the most beautiful farmers’ market in Istria …

Cvit razgovora: Kujundžuša wine party in Imotski

Kujundžuša is an unjustly neglected indigenous white grape variety growing in Dalmatian hinterland, mostly around the town of Imotski. Sadly, because it should be the authentic Dalmatian white wine number one, due to its freshness, subtle minerality and unique aroma. …

Sea salt production in Nin – Ancient tradition

Fortunately, good people of Nin have recognized its’ potential and decided to turn it into a serious business, where tradition meets the future. Nin sea salt is being produced the natural way, and they are proud to be the only ones who produce Croatian Fleur de sel, gently called “the salt caviar”.

[VIDEO] Step-by-step guide to make Istrian sashimi

Last Friday we had not only wonderful dinner at Konoba Batelina. David Skoko was so kind to let us film how he fillets fish like a samurai.

Senjković wines: Making greatgrandpa Bosso proud

Combination of past and future in great new wines from Brač.

We had a blast, hope you will too!

It was a great evening a week ago in Wine & Gastro Academy in Zagreb where we gathered to present the project Taste of Croatia and celebrate its launch.

The man behind the ToC application

Up until yesterday 75% of Taste of Croatia team knew the guy making our Android smartphone application only through this cartoon.

R.I.P. Milan Ožić

Pozdrav prijatelju Milanu Ožiću

27th Festival of Malvasia Istriana

Learn everything you wanted to know about the most famous Istrian indigenous grape variety, have a few glasses and lots of fun.

Leo Gracin: The Wine Professor

Do you know why seagulls are important for Croatian tourism? No? Leo will tell you.