LIFESTYLE

The Yugo

The little car made it to Hollywood – but only as an object of mockery. We have all seen how Bruce Willis gave it to Cybill Sheppard as a present in Moonlighting, and how Dan Aykroyd “appreciated” it in...
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Pizza Talk

Instead of going to the seaside to a deserted island somewhere in Greece as he planned, Nigel had to stay in hospital for a couple of days and wear his right arm from elbow down in a plaster for at least...
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Cooking and Dining the Slovene Way

Summer is at European doorsteps, which means the tourist season is approaching. As it blooms, most of the visitors to Slovenia or any other country dine in the restaurants, inns and taverns, but how to...
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Surprise: Govorim slovensko!

May was an excellent month for Nigel – you do remember our British loverboy who suddenly took great interest in Slovene and A Slovene named Metka, don’t you –, mainly because he wasn’t bored even for a...
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Celica - a Youth Hostel With a Touch of History

In Slovenian language ¯celica® means a cell. Yes, the building, where the youth hostel opened on May 30th , was once a military prison. “The renewed prisons on Metelkova Street won’t be just a youth...
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Buckwheat mush

For centuries, mush (zganci)has been an essential dish for Slovene peasants. Buckwheat mush is older than its corn variant and in many parts of Slovenia considered to be much better as well.
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Asparagus for gourmets

The asparagus season is here. Asparagus was greatly appreciated by the Egiptians, who even placed it in the tombs of their late families. It was praised by the Greeks and Romans as well. Asparagus is said...
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Zastava 750 - “Fi?o”

The experience is not very pleasant. It could just as well be a noisy construction site. It shakes just about as much, and you can hear rattling when you drive too fast for too long. But then we’re not...
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