Croatian cuisine is heterogeneous and is therefore known as the cuisine of regions, since every region has its own distinct culinary traditions. Its modern roots date back to ancient periods and the differences in the selection of foodstuffs and forms of cooking are most notable between those on the mainland and those in coastal regions. Mainland cuisine is more characterized by the earlier Slavic Turkish -while the coastal region bears the influences of the Greek, Roman and Illyrian, as well as of the later Mediterranean cuisine Italian and French.
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