Another year is drawing to a close, and here comes the time to give a brief review of what you liked best on Cookslovak. The 2018 has been a very good year on many levels. The website has attracted a few thousand more visitors than in 2017, got dozens of new fans and followers on … Continue reading The Best of 2018
While walking around the Gourmet Gallery at the recent Frankfurt Book Fair, our guide told us that food and tourism are more closely entwined these days than ever before. As the hunger for new holiday destinations is growing, so is the interest in local cuisines and traditional recipes. If you're planning to travel around Central … Continue reading Searching for A Taste of Slovakia
Fantastic news has just arrived from Yantai, China, where the annual Gourmand Awards Ceremony took place on 26th May 2018. A Taste of Slovakia book, which had been chosen by Gourmand International to represent Slovakia at this prestigious world cookbook awards, was named second best in the Eastern Europe Category. Although it was a self-published book, … Continue reading A Taste of Slovakia made it to The Best in the World
Although it wasn't my top Christmas present this year, the message that landed in my inbox a couple of days ago made my heart sing with joy. Here is what it said: 'The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards are delighted to announce that A Taste of Slovakia is the winner selected to represent Slovakia in the … Continue reading A Taste of Slovakia shortlisted for 2018 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
Two volumes of A Taste of Slovakia series have been published to this date; the Summer Book, which came out at the end of 2016, and the Autumn/Fall Book, which followed three years later. If you are interested to know where the books can be found, here is a list of places that sell them: … Continue reading Where to buy A Taste of Slovakia books
There are events in our calendar that will repeat themselves with unfailing regularity year after year, though no two of them will ever feel the same. Silvester, which is what 31st December is named in the Slovak calendar, is no exception. No matter how many Silvesters I've lived through, the end of year never ceases to … Continue reading Looking back at 2016
It was born - at long last! The book I've been struggling to publish for so long has finally seen the light of day. I'm quite good at containing my emotions (either positive or negative), and I'm certainly not the one that would dance with her book around the flat taking selfies and posting them … Continue reading A Taste of Slovakia
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