Croatia and Venice

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We just got back from our magical trip to Venice and the former Yugoslavia. Thanks to all at eGullet for your suggestions and tips.

I ate EVERYTHING I planned - squid ink risotto with cuttle fish, every manner of squid, Croatian fish soup, lamb "Under the Bell", blood sauage, tremezzini, cichetti of every shape, style, and presentation, liver Venetian style, as well as their pasta fagiole,whole wheat pasta with sardines and onions, and croissants con marmellata... Then there was the gelato, torrone, that AMAZING Slovenian cream cake, walnut liqueur, pear brandy, the biggest, fattest juiciest tangerines at Zagreb, more pomegranates and persimmons than one could count. I will attempt to send some pics, but though I am REALLY good at eating, I seem to be impaired at eGullet picture posting. BURP!

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VENICE MARKET

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Taste Better Than They Look!

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Friendly Zagreb Butcher

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Beautiful Burano. We had the best tremezzini here, with the crispest crust and most luscious prosciutto. It was hard to leave this dreamlike town.

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Ah yes, the cream cake. People lined up at this lakeside restaurant to have a piece. At every booth and counter, sweet creaminess. It consisted of a top and bottom layer of puff pastry, then a thick pastry cream, and lighter than a cloud sweetened whipped cream. I'm writing to Bon Appetit so I can get the recipe. If I weren't on Weight watchers, I would have had a second piece. Some of our friends shared a piece---SISSIES!!!

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I loved the picture of the butcher!

The Zagreb Chamber of Commerce should use it for advertising.

SB (whose Grandparents came from Croatia)