Who has the best ones? The big race for the best Ćevapi in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Sarajevo vs. Travnik vs. Banja Luka. Lela’s World sets the record straight and reveals where to find the best food! In Bosnia and Herzegovina, there are topics you can argue about passionately for hours on end, with no hope…
Spring is here and with it the temperatures are rising again, inviting you to take a sustainable road trip through this beautiful country. I open the season with a trip to Herzegovina last summer. The journey by electric car first takes me from Sarajevo to Mostar. There, I visit a sustainable jewelry designer in the…
My favorite is Hurmašice from my aunt Nadja. You can get this small, sweet and moist pastry everywhere in Bosnia and Herzegovina – whether in the family or in traditional pastry shops. Hurmašice are one of the most popular desserts in the Balkans – baked golden brown, drenched in sugar syrup and deliciously aromatic. Every…
As a child, I loved spending my vacations with my grandparents in Bosnia. My grandmother Helena was an exceptional pastry chef – no one could hold a candle to her baking skills. Although my grandparents lived in Bosnia and Herzegovina, my grandmother was originally from Slavonia, a region in eastern Croatia. This “Croatian granary” is…
