Food and Wine in the Baranja: The Baranja is an agricultural area on the far East of Croatia, bordering Serbia and Hungary. The region produces a wide range of crops including apples, cherries, walnuts and hazelnuts. And of course, where there are hills there are vineyards. The first vineyards in the Baranja were planted by […]
Colourful Croatia – Around Osijek
An introduction to Osijek : In my experience trips of this sort always end up running late and I half anticipated arriving late in Osijek. It only takes a delayed flight or a little over enthusiasm at one of the venues for things to start to slip. And, since the bad weather meant we were […]
Colourful Croatia – Slavonski Brod Fis and More
Fiš – a funny kind of soup – and more at Slavonski Brod: A friend of mine who came to the UK from the former Yugoslavia used to tell me that the smell of a paprika stew cooking was one of the strongest reminders of his childhood. We did our best to recreate a paprikaš with chicken, […]
Colourful Croatia
Colourful Croatia – thank-you and taste of things to come: So, I am now a confirmed lunatic. After my visit to Portugal a few weeks ago and then Abruzzo to speak at Blog-Away, I thought I’d have a week or so to catch up on sleep, work and generally settle back down again before I […]