Thrilled to be a featured contributor in the September issue of Travel + Leisure (my birthday month!) What a great present to see my article on Zagreb’s fine-dining scene in print.
“My stomach wasn’t big enough for the gorgeous parade of courses at Noel restaurant, which seemed to keep coming and coming!” says Vuković, who wrote about the fine-dining scene in Zagreb, Croatia, for this issue. Her novel, The Cheesemaker’s Daughter, is set to be published in 2024.
Read the story here:
Cover reveal: I wrote the cover story for Coastal Living’s summer 2023 issue! Get the insider’s guide to the Hamptons…on newsstands now!
I am so incredibly thrilled that my novel, THE CHEESEMAKER’S DAUGHTER, recently sold to Regalo Press! It’s forthcoming in August 2024. A dream come true!
Named a “40 Under 40” honoree by the National Federation of Croatian Americans Cultural Foundation, Columbia University MFA graduate Kristin Vukovic’s THE CHEESEMAKER’S DAUGHTER: A NOVEL, about a 34-year-old New Yorker and Yugoslav refugee who, after being summoned back to her beautiful Croatian island to save her father’s struggling cheese factory, must confront her rocky past and heal herself in the wake of a fracturing marriage–a moving tale of cultural identity and resilience, pitched for fans of Allison Larkin’s THE PEOPLE WE KEEP, to Adriana Senior at Regalo Press, for publication in August 2024, by Alicia Brooks at Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency (world English).
Many thanks to my agent, Alicia Brooks, at Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency, who you can contact for press inquiries: abrooks@jvnla.com
Such a pleasure to interview the inimitable chef Thuy Pham, who serves up Vietnamese vegan street food at her restaurant, Mama Đút, in Portland, Oregon. Read the article here:
BBC Travel, May 10, 2023: “Bánh Xèo: Vietnamese Vegan turmeric crepes”
This is one of my favorite travel features I’ve ever written–a personal story about my memories of Dubrovnik, for Hemispheres, United Airlines’ in-flight magazine. In this piece, I explore Dubrovnik with my husband and four-year-old daughter–and show her the places that are meaningful to us:
I loved writing about Croatia’s Peljesac peninsula, and its vibrant wines (and gastronomy!) for Virtuoso, The Magazine. Read the article in the May/June 2023 print magazine below:
Virtuoso, The Magazine, May/June 2023: “Distinctly Dalmatian”:
Virtuoso, The Magazine
I always love writing about Croatia…here are some luxurious hidden gems to explore this summer:
It was such a treat to interview celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson and learn about how his Swedish and Ethiopian heritage shaped his culinary path. Read the article below!
BBC Travel, World’s Table, February 10, 2023: Berbere-cured salmon with mustard seed and buckthorn
I went foraging on the outskirts of Copenhagen with the founder of the ”Noma” of vegan fine dining restaurants, who was trained by Noma’s former head forager—and learned about sustainability and saving the planet.
Read the full piece below:
AFAR, October 27, 2022: “From Sunrise to Sunset With the ‘Noma’ of Vegan Restaurants”
