Ajvar: Spreading the Love
by Alexis Traussi
BELGRADE, On the shelves of any Serbian refrigerator sits one of the brightest condiment you’ve ever seen: ajvar. Fire-red, like the dwindling...
Burek: A Warm Welcome to Belgrade
By Maeve Rogers
BELGRADE,
Burek will stop you in your tracks the first time you smell it. A strong aroma hits you, taking over all of...
Picking My Way Through the Pijaca
By Hayley Schultz
BELGRADE, I enter a side entrance of Kalenic market to find myself among fur coats and assortments of high heels. My boots...
Boys and Feminism: Centre E8 challenges Serbia’s patriarchal society
By Nedim Filipovic
BELGRADE - Men in uniform flank Bratislav Gasic, Serbia’s Defense Minister, as he exits the Prva Petoletka Namenska factory in Trstenik, Serbia earlier...
Space Refugees Leave Behind
By Alexandra Cheney
BELGRADE, After a week of cold and rain, the sunny Saturday afternoon in Belgrade was a welcome relief. The park buzzed with locals...
Quit acting:
By Nedim Filipovic
Belgrade, Rainbow colored socks struck out against Zeljko Maksimovic’s dark ensemble. His frequent smiles betrayed his sharp features, jet-black hair, and rough...
Rebel with a Cause
By Anna Squires
BELGRADE, Anita Mitic always felt like a rebel. But then, she would have to. Any 25-year-old NGO director must at some level delight...
Italian Belgrader
By Marija Pajkovic
BELGRADE, The first time Angela Cappellino saw Belgrade, it was a drizzly, chilly autumn Sunday. She stepped off an old, rickety train,...
Come, break bread with us
By Alexandra Cheney
BELGRADE, Hours after committing to lose weight, Belgrade native Maša Miljanić states “I can’t eat anything without bread.” Bread is the mealtime constant...
Better than burgers
By Marija Pajković
BELGRADE, The best advice a Belgrader could give you about eating a hamburger is don’t – and find a pljeskavica instead.
Not to...