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Continue ReadingMost of the recipes I came up with came to me while drinking coffee in the morning on my balcony bench and gazing into the bright blue sky. Rarely does it come out of the blue, I just sit back, relax and let my thoughts pick up the pieces ingredient at a time, kind of like a puzzle. The base: One of the most important things I learned throughout the past years working in the kitchen is to cook by colors. A dish is complete when it looks appealing, as well as being delicious. Thus being said, my initial idea,…
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Continue ReadingWhen you think of Indian cuisine, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Let’s be honest, almost everyone will say curry, and so do I, or so did I until I found out curry as we know it in India doesn’t exist. What is curry? You can’t just go to India, enter a restaurant and say “Hi, one curry please!”. Curry spice is actually a British invention by the spice traders from India in their attempt to bring the flavors of Indian dishes home. Today, the name curry is rather misleading when talking about the spice itself as it’s…
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Continue ReadingIt has always made me wonder, are crackers called crackers because they “crack” once bitten, or because they’re addictive like crack. Bite into them unpredictably and they’re going to make you drop your teeth like as well. Now jokes aside, this is a really simple recipe for a healthy and tasty snack that you can pimp up any way you want. I’m giving you here a basic recipe, and will let your imagination do the work. You can use any type of flour it will still taste wonderfully and of course, top it off with what ever floats your boat…
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Continue ReadingWhat’s most likely to be the real mystery behind it’s name is that it’s derived from Italian Maccheroni (Macaroni), also a tube like shallow pasta. Being that Croatia was under Roman empire for centuries a lot of our common dialects, mostly along the shore are influenced by Italian language. One thing about the story behind it’s name is certain, who ever came up with it is responsible for the struggle todays bartenders go through explaining to guests that Makaruni are, taste and texture wise, nothing like macaroni. The main difference of this kind of pasta, as opposed to egg pasta…