Croatian cuisine

How mortadella went from cold cut to hot item

By the standards of Bologna, Simona Scapin is a mortadella upstart. That's not only because she's young and the sole local producer of certified organic mortadella. Nor is it just because her family has been making mortadella for a mere four decades in the city where the recipe was ordained by papal authority in 1661.

Slovenian Food Day expands to traditional dishes

Ljubljana – Primary schools and kindergartens will serve traditional Slovenian breakfast on Slovenian Food Day, introducing a novelty this year – a story about traditional farmer dish – to further raise the youth’s awareness of local food and eating habits, also to reduce the amount of food waste and climate impact.

Consortium of Slovenia’s EU protected foods set up

Ljubljana – A consortium of EU-wide protected crops and food products from Slovenia was established this week at the initiative of the Slovenian Beekeepers’ Association. The consortium will aim to promote the products, act as a united front in providing promotional funds and work on regulating the area, the association said.

A series of lapses continues: Vice-President of the Assembly called Italian president "Mr. Mortadella"

A series of lapses continues: Vice-President of the Assembly called Italian president "Mr. Mortadella"

Igor Becic, Vice-President of the Serbian parliament called Italian president "Mortadela" instead of Matarella, and when he tried to correct himself, he failed again.

Polenta pudding, cakes with nuts - Easter Lent yummy courses

A noodle, potato soup or a polenta pudding could be among the dishes the housewives may put on the Lent days' table. If we add here a cake with nuts, the menu would be complete, healthy and tasty.

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Sister Lucia of Timisoara unveils the secrets of tailoring these less sophisticated, yet delicious meals.