Cooking shellfish the Dalmatian way is simple, and if you’ve been to Dalmatia, you know how delicious mussels are when you have the opportunity to jump into the water and harvest them yourself. Chef Gule shows us how to execute good buzara technique in this video from DalmatianCooking.com.

‘Uštipci’ is the Croatian word for small fritters or doughnuts – savory or sweet – and they’re a great way to turn a small (or large!) amount of fruit, vegetables or leftovers into a quick, tasty snack or side dish. Here’s a recipe for zucchini fritters from our friend Mr. Matias Glavaš in the tiny seafaring village of Kućište on the southern Dalmatian coast.

A Christmas meal in Dalmatia often includes bakalar, a simple stew of dried cod and potatoes. It’s beyond delectable. The Croatian word bakalar is not only the name of the dish, but also of the fish. It’s a derivation of bacalao, the Spanish word for cod. There are no cod in the Adriatic Sea, so [...]