food & travel
Can you believe it’s December already?! I’m still trying to switch from full Autumn mood into winter, some snow would help for sure so keeping my fingers crossed! 😀 What I love about this cold time of the year are all things cozy and I think the recipe I share today definitely falls in that category so I’m very excited to share it so you can taste if yourself…
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I met Mona and Jaret, American Chefs behind the brand Tournant, two years ago at the Food photography & styling workshop by Eva Kosmas Flores, a renowned American food photographer, cookbook author, a blogger at Adventures in Cooking and now a dear friend of mine. You can check out my blog posts about those workshops here (for year 2017) and here (for year 2018).
There are those people that instantly change something within you, when you meet them there is an immediate connection and you feel like you’ve known them forever. People that inspire you, bring something incredibly positive and powerful into your life, you feel like you want to absorb as much as possible everything they share with you, their wisdom, friendship, creativity, kindness and love. Mona and Jaret are those people. I feel very grateful to have met them and connected with them both privately as friends and professionally at their first International cooking retreat held this Autumn in beautiful Croatian region of Istria, famous for its lush green hills, truffles, wine and olive oil, picturesque little hilltop towns and much more…
It was such a pleasure to work with them on this exciting project, helping in organization, capturing all those special moments with my camera and being kind of a local travel guide as well. Hope my photos can take you on this little journey where there will be delicious food prepared over open fire, cobbled streets of charming little towns, pretty details of Autumn in Istria, cute truffle hunting dogs and some very happy people that gathered to share this experience and create something beautiful together…
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September has arrived exactly how it should, with cool winds and first rain in a long time. You know the one that approaches slowly, with lightning and thunders from great distance, the shift in the air, sound of tree branches starting swaying in the wind, slight shivers you feel when the temperature drops… For me it feels like coming home. I don’t know what it is about Autumn and Winter that puts my soul in its natural state, comfortable, familiar, comforting. It could be the slight melancholy and romantic character of these seasons that matches my personality, the beauty nature gifts us colouring the world in colourful but still subtle and calming palettes, excitement that can compare to the one of new beginnings…
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Three words needed to improve your day? Rustic apricot galette! 😀 When you have a blog and want to post something, at times you feel pressure to write something incredibly smart or inspiring. And there are times when you actually do that. And sometimes it’s just….blank, you know. Not much to say or not something you want to share with the world  (ever or just yet) or you just don’t feel inspired. And sometimes you just want to post your photos whether it’s a travel story or a recipe or something third.
Many times I decided not to post for the very same reason, I felt like I don’t have the right words to accompany the photos or that nobody will be interested in what I have or don’t have to say. But you know what, I’ll try not to do that anymore and if I have a photo-story or a recipe or something I want to share, I’ll just do that. In the end, it’s my little corner of internet, right? And it makes me so happy to share it with you! 🙂
I do have in my plans to start writing some more personal posts too and different photo projects and I’m excited about that new chapter but this time it will be just a simple and very delicious Rustic apricot galette and I hope that’s ok!
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