The Christmas season in Hvar begins with the Feast of Saint Nicholas on 6 December. Today, giving presents on this occasion is quite usual, unlike some fifty years ago when […]
Category Archives: Croatia
Porojenje Jedino More Imat Vonj Od Pašuratih Choux pastry fritters – pašurate or fritule are the favourite Christmas dessert on the island of Hvar. It is a type of round […]
As well as any other village in the eastern part of the island of Hvar, so is the village Bogomolje very difficult to catch in a single take. It seems […]
The island of Hvar was entered in the weather map some 150 years ago thanks to the tireless and enthusiastic local researcher Grgur Bučić, who was among other things, the […]
To be able to understand the climate change, it is necessary to monitor and measure data in one area continuously over a period of thirty years. Since the continuous weather measurements […]
Looking at the landscape of the island of Hvar interwoven with grape vine, olives, forests, macchia and karst, it is very difficult to believe that wheat and other cereals used […]
The Feast of the Assumption of Virgin Mary (known locally as Velika Gospa), celebrated on 15 August, reminds people of the importance of family gatherings and gatherings of indigenous people […]
Ingredients homemade (pork) sausage spring onions wild onions garlic parsley tomato puree fava beans asparagus collard (leaves and stalks) red beans spices Preparation Sauté spring and wild onions, garlic and […]
The recent death of bees in the northernmost Croatian region of Međimurje provoked numerous media reactions and brought back to the public, at least briefly, questions about the state of […]
There is nothing so strongly, deeply, and intimately inscribed in the very core of the inhabitants of the island of Hvar and in the deepest point of our identity as […]
- 1
- 2