15 March 2012
Croatian
I reckon one of my earliest memories, way back when I only spoke Croatian, was tucking into warm and freshly made palacinke (crêpes) sprinkled with sugar and drizzled with fresh lemon juice. Fifteen years later, during my apprenticeship, I spent a good 2 hours every afternoon flipping the dreaded things for the trade that evening. I solemnly swore to [...]
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7 March 2012
Cookies
The Jewish festival of Purim falls on 8 March and one of the traditional things to make, and eat, are these little triangular cookies that are filled with a sweet centre. A hamantash supposedly symbolises the defeated enemy of the Jewish people, resembling the hat or ears of Haman (depends who you talk to), the [...]
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