Book excerpt: "A Taste of Croatia: Savoring the Food, People and Traditions of Croatia's Adriatic Coast is both a user-friendly cookbook and an intriguing travel memoir dedicated to the land that the New York Times recently dubbed the 'New Riviera.' Packed with straight-forward recipes, photos, food facts and anecdotes, the author has created a publication that goes beyond the bounds of what makes a great cookbook--she delivers the spirit of the culture, the country and the cuisine and then ties it all together with a collection of recipes that will make you want to run to your kitchen and start cooking ... A Taste of Croatia is based on the author and her husband's three-year odyssey sailing the Adriatic coast and living aboard their 50-foot sailboat. It is the story of the lands they explored, the people they met, the markets they visited and the foods they enjoyed. Presented as a well organized, easy-to-use cookbook, most of the recipes have been savored by generations of Croatians and all of the recipes have been adapted for use in American kitchens."--Amazon.com.