Ljubljana Egg Dish
Menu Ljubljana Egg Dish (Ljubljanska Jajena Jed), or Mushroom-Asparagus Souffle Green Salad with Asparagus, Tomatoes, and Radishes I found this unusual mushroom-asparagus souffle in a contemporary source: The Food and Cooking of Slovenia (2009), by Slovenian professor and cooking expert Janez Bogataj, Ph.D. This beautifully produced book has received much attention, at least in Slovenian American circles. So I was excited to discover that I could browse through the online preview. But I promised myself : I wouldn't add it to my cookbook collection just yet. For now, I wanted to retain my focus on vintage Slovenian American cooking. I assumed this glossy book was a modern take on Slovenian food. But I was wrong. Take this egg dish. It definitely qualifies as vintage. It first appeared in 1868, in a book by Magdalena Pleiweis. This was one of the earliest Slovenian cookbooks, and the first one to be copyrighted. It...