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My name is Florian Pinel. Read recipes, restaurant reviews, and travel stories from all over the former Eastern Bloc: Central Europe, Russia, Caucasus, Central Asia, and more.
Food Perestroika
1M ago
My new cookbook on the countries of the former Yugoslavia and Albania.
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3M ago
Located in the Archers’ Tower in Ljbljana Castle, Strelec serves local, seasonal ingredients with a focus on flavor pairings and textures.
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4M ago
Happy holidays! A selection of the best holiday-friendly recipes I posted over the past 12 months, plus my top 5 most popular posts of 2023.
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4M ago
Saint Martin's shenanigans supposedly gave birth to a festive dish consumed in many European countries. This stuffed duck with red cabbage and mlinci is my version of the Slovenian recipe.
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6M ago
Esihflajš, vinegar meat, is a salad made from the leftovers of the traditional Sunday lunch beef soup. Here, I'm using beef tongue and mixing it with my own orange wine vinegar.
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Food Perestroika
8M ago
Time to taste the Dingač wines I've been writing about. In this blind tasting of eight reds from the Pelješac Peninsula, the winners may not be the ones you expect!
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Food Perestroika
9M ago
Inspired by a recipe from Wylie Dufresne plus culinary memories of my recent Slovenian trip, this pizza combines beef tongue, pickled red onion, Emmental, horseradish, and chives.
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Food Perestroika
10M ago
Join me on my visits to three of the most famous wineries on the Pelješac Peninsula: Korta Katarina, Grgić, and Matuško.
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Food Perestroika
1y ago
A podcast on French radio, a trip to Slovenia, and some spring recipes to rediscover while I take a short break.
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Food Perestroika
1y ago
A leftover meal that's almost better than the original dish, and how to best cook a fish fillet with its skin on in order to get crispy skin and tender flesh.
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