Gastronomy
Dalmatian cuisine, due to its ingredients and preparation, meets all medical and nutritional recommendations for a healthy and well-balanced diet. Traditional Dalmatian ingredients are various types of fish, shells, crabs, octopus, squid, cuttle-fish, olives, olive oil, vegetables, wild and aromatic herbs, almonds, figs, grapes, honey, raisins and citrus fruits. Particularly delicious are Dalmatian "prsut" - smoked ham that is dried in the "bura" (north-eastern wind), best served with sheep-cheese, and "janjetina ispod peke" - lamb prepared in the traditional way under a metal cover. Dalmatian wines, both red and white, are a must with every meal and some of them are among the world's top ten. The cuisine in Dalmatia and on its islands is in accordance to modern trends in nutrition. Healthy methods of preparation (boiled or grilled), as well as plenty of fish, olive oil, vegetables and wild herbs that can be found along the coast make Dalmatian cuisine extremely healthy. Although, even today, every region has its own unique methods of preparation, Dalmatian cuisine represents a whole whose characteristics have been discovered only recently, for example the cuisines of the islands of Hvar, Korcula, Brac (vitalac, a dish prepared with lamb innards and grilled), Vis (grilled pilchards, as in the times of the ancient Greeks; pie with pilchards from Komiza and Vis, a dish similar to the modern pizza).
