(Slovenian) Anka Peljhan. Slovenian Grandma's Kitchen: Children of Slovenian elementary schools revive their culinary - cultural heritage

Illus. in color. Pictorial white wrappers. First Edition. Ljubljana: 2018.

Slovenia should not be measured by a square kilometres, but through diversity of its regions and their culinary uniqueness. We take pride in ourselves by 24 gastronomical regions, each offering its specific culinary experience. The relationship between the young and older generation is also the field for culinary arts and can be a bond that revives the area. In addition, Slovenia can proudly stand right next to world’s most renowned cuisines, because of her geographical and climate diversity offers exceptionally rich variety of distinct and tasty dishes. The children of Slovenian elementary schools have been entrusted with a highly important task to revive the forgotten cultural culinary heritage on today’s menus.

They took a peek right there where ethnologists cannot: into the kitchens of their grandmothers, relatives and neighbors. Therefore, this is the story about Slovenian heritage, the story about the gastronomic diversity of villages and towns and their culture of eating as it used to be, the story about poverty on the plates in times without refrigerators and consequently the story about the dishes from where they come from and where they still belong today. In front of you is a tasty journey between Slovene regions, their culinary features, cultural history, occasions of dining and anecdotes from human traditions, which were raised by children through intergenerational communication. Fine.

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