The art of preparing Imotska Torta, a ceremonial round cake made from shortcrust pastry with a rich filling and a distinctive crown-shaped decoration, requires specific skills, knowledge and carefully selected ingredients. Imotska Torta is prepared as an expression of identity and as a symbolic culmination of celebrations marking major life events and annual family customs among the inhabitants of the town of Imotski and the wider Imotski region. This part of the Dalmatian hinterland lies in...

Umijeće pripreme Imotske torte, svečanoga okruklog kolača od prhkog tijesta s bogatim nadjevom i karakterističnim ukrasom u obliku krune, podrazumijeva posebne vještine i znanja te specifične namirnice. Imotska torta se priprema kao znak identiteta i simbolični vrhunac proslava svih većih životnih i godišnjih obiteljskih običaja stanovnika grada Imotskog i Imotske krajine. Ovaj dio dalmatinskog zaleđa pripada istočnom dijelu Splitsko-dalmatinske županije te se zbog neposredne blizine primorja...

When winter really bares its teeth, and the days grow so short that lunch and dinner begin to resemble one another, sauerkraut steps onto the stage. It isn’t glamorous, it doesn’t smell of fine dining, and it rarely ends up on Instagram — but it knows the most important thing: how to warm you, feed you, and restore faith in simple cooking. In a pot of cabbage there is no pretence — only a slow flame, a little patience, and dishes that have survived far harsher winters than our own. Sauerkraut...