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Balkan Living

The Smell of Home

What does home smell like to you? Is it the smell of a homemade meal? Or maybe it’s the smell of fabric softener floating on a warm breeze that makes you close your eyes and inhale deeply. Is it the smell of cigarette smoke that curls and dances from your […]

Desserts

Čupavci / Lamingtons

Every time I tell my husband I’ve made something sweet, I know he hopes I made Čupavci (or Lamingtons as they are called in English speaking countries). A soft moist cake dipped in a milky chocolate sauce and rolled in coconut flakes. The cake, although moist and delicious on its […]

Bakery

Nutella Banana Bread

Ahh, banana bread. The perfect baked good when you’ve been pushing around those bananas in your fruit bowl for a while hoping someone would eat them. But they’re still there and turning darker by the minute. Here’s my favorite way to use up those unsightly bananas. With this recipe, the […]