Life

Like everywhere along the Mediterranean, Makarska’s obsession with food has its roots in the famine years. Despite the scarcity, there was never a shortage of cooking skills. Local culinary critics did not eat at banquets but at marendins, which are meals between breakfast and lunch. The original marendin excludes dry food. The menu includes innards, fish stews (so-called brujeti), pickled fish (so-called sauri)and grilled food. Marendin is more democratic than parliaments and don’t know any differences in status. This iconic meal isn’t only about food consumption though, it also serves as an occasion for discussions, singing and arguing, and everything is concluded with a glass of bevanda, which is red wine diluted with water.