Born, Hvar, Croatia, 1944
Mother Tongue, Croatian
Grandchildren, Flora, Luka, Xenia
They call her, Nona
I learned these dishes very organically from my mother and grandmother. I even wrote and published a book of family recipes “The Sweet Taste of a Dalmatian Love Affair” inspired by my grandmother Flora’s handwritten recipes. It’s combined with the love letters from her fiancé, Viktor, written during their long courtship while he was studying and working abroad between 1903 and 1909.
Many of the dishes my grandmother sent to Viktor carried strong allusions to physical passion and love symbolism in an era when love and passion couldn’t be declared so openly. She interpreted the recipes, using her imagination to reflect the love with which the dishes were prepared.
