Tamara Ivančić is Ave dulcis
Tamara Ivančić is behind the beautiful and imaginative food blog Ave dulcis. Tamara is a mom from Pula, who spends every free moment in the kitchen. When she's not cooking, she works in air traffic control at Pula Airport. From a basic need in life and a childhood spent with her grandmother, a great love for cooking emerged, and as a result, Tamara's blog. "I fondly remember my grandmother's cooking, some of her recipes are already on the blog and there will certainly be more. My grandmother's pljukanci and maneštra have no competition and I'm only now realizing their quality," says Tamara.
The blog was created as a way to organize the numerous pieces of paper on which recipes were written. “I was tired of the notes and notes with recipes that I kept losing and looking for, it dawned on me that a blog could be my perfect collection of favorite recipes and that's how it all started. I decided to present the recipes that I tried on the blog with personal comments and accompany them with author's photos.”
Although Tamara was a beginner in photography, through preparing food for blog posts, she discovered two new loves: preparing food for photography, or food styling, and photography.
“Photography has become my great love, so I decided to buy a DSLR camera and play around with it. I take pictures of everything, and I often carry it with me. I'm increasingly interested in styling rather than preparing food. I find inspiration in cookbooks, on the internet, and at the market, which I love.”
Today, the blog features more than 300 different recipes, both sweet and savory, accompanied by more than 600 photos. The recipes cover a wide range, from old grandmother's desserts to modern cookies and cakes, vegan, vegetarian, and recently the increasingly popular Raw recipes. "My "little notebook" with recipes is now a very popular blog and an inspiration to many." Tamara's recipes are regularly featured in Croatian print media as well as on this portal.
Visit the Ave dulcis blog at this link and make announcements for the recipes on the Ave dulcis profile on Facebook. On Facebook, Tamara publishes numerous creations for smoothies and healthy juices, some of which you can find on our website.