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January 22, 2006

Ms. Bastianich and her daughter Tanya, an art historian, offer custom trips to the region through their travel company Esperienze Italiane. But she also recommends Tasteful Journeys, a boutique luxury tour company founded by friend and fellow Istrian, Wanda Radetti.

Istria, Ms. Radetti says, is a rich “mosaic of Roman, Germanic and Slavic heritage, history and ingredients which produces exciting culinary results.” In 2006 she plans to organize at least one trip to Istria with Milan Licul, a native of Labin who is the owner of two New York restaurants, Arno and Delmonico’s. “Much of what you’ll eat in Istria is produced within a 10-mile radius”, says Ms. Radetti. “There’s a man with a restaurant called Kukuriku in Kastav. Everything he cooks is from the area: the honey, the cheese, the mushrooms — and the lamb is from a nearby island where they feed on fresh herbs and the saltiness of the sea”…