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Amarena-Fruit syrups

Centuries ago Prunus Cerarus Marasca sailed from the middle of Asia to the Dalmatian coast. Finding the limestone karst and rich, red soil of northern and mid-Dalmatia to his liking he decided to stay. These days the local inhabitants abuse him in many different ways, and one of the most popular fo [...]

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Cedevita - Vitamin drinks

This is a range of alarmingly colourful drinks that can be bought whether in the bottle or as a powder concentrate to mix up at home. The cool bit is that the whole range contains natural colours and flavours – of course this doesn’t vouch for preservatives etc. but what do you want – blood? For al [...]

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Franck - Coffee & Tea

As you will no doubt have noticed by now, coffee enjoys something of a central position in the cultural life of Zagreb. The Franck Company in Zagreb actually came into life as a subsidiary of the German multi-national Henrich Franck Sohne in 1882. Until 1957 the Croatian operation only produced cof [...]

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Gavrilović - Salami

This spicy sausage is the claim to fame of the sleepy town of Petrinja, which lies about 40km southeast of Zagreb. The most recent ad campaign however for the long, stick shaped snack did its best to shake the town out of its torpor. Nationwide, the country was treated to billboards showing the tor [...]

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Kravata - Necktie

For any of you that are thinking about finding the slightest hint of irony in the idea that an item of clothing that almost single-handedly represents an uptight, constricted lifestyle should come from passionate Mediterranean climes, remember one thing – the Croats are kings and queens of fashion! [...]

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Licitarsko srce

These small cakes are traditionally made from honey dough or gingerbread, although try eating one of those that you find displayed in shop windows all over Zagreb and indigestion is the likely result rather than the happy love life that is actually the point. Shaped as a bright-red heart and decora [...]

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Morčič – The Moretto - Jewellery

There are two legends concerning the introduction of this jewellery as having a special place in society on the Croatian coast. The first involves a defeat of Turkish invaders. The women of Rijeka prayed during the battle for a rain of stones to crush the invaders. Being a good Catholic, God duly s [...]

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Naive Art

Originating in Croatia in the mid-20th century, naive art is extremely colourful and often political style of painting. Humans appear almost as cartoons and a strange, unsettling feeling is often conjured in the expressions and symbolism. To see examples visit Hrvatski muzej naivne umjetnosti [...]

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Paška čipka - Pag Lace

The tradition of making lace is so well regarded on the island of Pag that there is now a lace making school well established in the town of the same name – a resurrection of a former school that had run since the turn of the 20th century. It was way back in this time that Pag lace had become famou [...]

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Paški sir - Pag Cheese

All things in this world have their beauty. The barren spaces of the island of Pag, which constitute the very northern reaches of Dalmatia, have not only a specific beauty to those with an eye for severe and arid rock formation in place of grass and the like, but this extreme environment also produ [...]

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Paprenjak - cookies

Mention of this sweet and peppery treat is found as far back as the Renaissance. There is mention of its popularity amongst the early inhabitants of Gradec (now Gornji Grad) in Augusta Šenoe’s book ‘The Goldsmith’s Gold.’ These small, rectangular pastries are made using honey, walnuts and pepper. [...]

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Pršut - Smoked Ham

It tells you something about the nation that whilst everyone else goes round smoking ham and fighting lawsuits for trying to pass it off as Parma, the Croats – sitting just across the Adriatic from that famous pig graveyard – are more than happy to give their produce its own name and character – th [...]

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Rakija

Are you a fan of westerns? Does the scene in the saloon with whisky being shot down have you salivating? Well then this is the review for you – Croatian firewater. Rakija is the generic name for the huge variety of fruit and herb brandies, (although just about anything can, and has been, forced thr [...]

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Vegeta - Food Seasoning

This is basically a food seasoning. It is made from vegetables, spices and salt and therefore has the added bonus of being vegetarian – oh you healthy beast! And don’t worry; MSG is in everything these days anyway, as it is in this Croatian stuff and indeed most of Central Europe. Remember how we r [...]

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Wine

There are 650km2 of vineyards in the state of Croatia utilising land that is ideal for vines and taking full advantage of the favourable climate. There are essentially two distinct wine regions; the generally arid and barren southern and western areas of the country consisting of the coast and the [...]

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