Serbian cuisine had originated under various historical circumstances, different customs and habits of people. But there is something that has prevailed and has been very important to Serbs, something that brings them together and helps them in joy, in sorrow and lately in making business arrangements as well. It is OGNJISTE where in the central room of the old Serbian houses meals had been prepared, guests entertained and important decisions made. The members of patriarchal Serbian family would sit there after after a daily work and pass on our folk literature by telling stories, preserving it from oblivion. This book is the selection of meals customary in Serbian cuisine. Their preparation depends on the purpose or the occasion. We hope that, while cooking, you will enjoy the most beautiful ethno-photographs of Nebojsa Babic that will be followed by tasteful dishes afterwards. English edition. Ponekad put do najvaznijih aspekata postojanja jednog naroda vodi "sporednim" linijama, koje bolje objasnjavaju zivot i trajanje od velikih i glavnih istorijskih i karakteroloskih studija. Kulinarska tradicija je sazeto znanje, talozeno vekovima i oplemenjeno zivotnim i gastronomskim iskustvom, koje svedoci ne samo istoriju ukusa i nacionalnih kulinarskih osobenosti, vec i sve ono sto se nalazi u folklornom i etnickom kodu jednog naroda. Pogotovu kod Srba gde je dobar zalogaj uvek znacio i dobar zivot, emotivni i domacinski napredak. Zato ako pokusate da, svom prijatelju iz inostranstva, ispricate pricu o Srbiji, a ne zelite da se "zavrzete" u istorijske lavirinte i "slavnu proslost" ispricajte mu pricu o srpskoj kuhinji i specijaltetima, koji su nadahnjivali generacije. Prevedena na engleski, bogato ilustrovana i luksuzno opremljena knjiga autenticnih recepata srpske tradicionalne kuhinje, predstavlja idealan poklon za sve Va?e prijatelje i poznanike u celom svetu, kojima ?elite da, na pravi nacin, prezentujete kulinarske nacionalne vrednosti i bogatstva.
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