Gall - Cook and Sail Adriatic and Mediterranean Way Cooking on a Boat

Original name: Kuhati Se Mora

Author: Zlatko Gall

Photography: Zlatko Gall, Zoran imuni

Editor: Zoran imuni

English translation: Tanja Toma

Language editing: Vesna Jakirevi

Cover: Stjepko Varga

Digital production: Stjepko Varga

Published by: S urogat d.o.o., www.surogat.eu

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Zlatko Gall was born on 1 December 1954 in Split, Croatia. He graduated from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb, Croatia (double-major BA - History of Art and Archaeology). While studying, his articles on visual arts, comics and rock music were published in student magazines (Polet, Omladinska Iskra, etc.) and journals (Vidik, etc.).

He worked as a professional journalist for the Slobodna Dalmacija daily newspaper from 1979 to 1995. He was the editor of the culture section and wrote columns and commentaries for Slobodna Dalmacija and Nedjeljna Dalmacija. He was also writing articles on visual arts, music, social phenomena and politics for other papers, including Start, Svijet, Studio, Nai Dani, Polet, Duboks, Rock, Intervju, Na Strip, YU-Strip and others.

In the 1990s he was a political columnist for Vjesnik and Vijenac and a regular columnist for More monthly magazine. From 1995 to 2001 he returned to Slobodna Dalmacija as a music critic and wrote commentaries, while also publishing articles in Tjednik and Feral Tribune. At the same time he was the editor-in-chief of Feral Music monthly magazine, for which he was awarded the 1977 Crni Maak (Black Cat) annual rock award.

His essays and comprehensive reviews were published by Quorum, Cicero, Oris, Lettre International and other magazines. Gall is a member of the Croatian Composers Society (Musicologists and Music Writers Section), Croatian PEN, the Croatian section of AICA (International Association of Art Critics) and Croatian Writers Association.

He was awarded the 1991 Zlatno Pero (Golden Pen) by the Croatian Journalists Association and the 2013 Annual Journalism Award by Slobodna Dalmacija. He is the author of numerous monographic texts for discography publications, art exhibition catalogues, and Prst u More (Finger in the Sea) and ovjek od Soli (Man of Salt) music projects for which he received the 2005 and 2006 Porin Discography Awards.

Zlatko Gall has published several books on popular culture, music and gastronomy, including:

Enciklopedijski CD vodi (Encyclopaedic CD Guide) (Mozaik Knjiga, 2000); Pojmovnik popularne glazbe (Glossary of Popular Music) (areni Duan, 2001 and Ljevak, 2011); Glazbeni leksikon (Music Lexicon) (Marjan Tisak, 2004); Rock enciklopedija (Rock Encyclopaedia) (VBZ, 2004); Velika svjetska rock enciklopedija (Big Encyclopaedia of World Rock) (Slobodna Dalmacija, 2005 and Profil, 2009); Kuaj i sluaj Dalmaciju 1 i 2 (Savour the Flavour and Sound of Dalmatia 1 & 2) (Profil, 2005 and 2006); Oliver junjaka utjeha (Oliver Southern Comfort) (Profil, 2006); Tajna vjetina Gibonni biografija (A Secret Skill - Gibonni, Biography) (Profil, 2007); Monografija 40 godina Coca Cole (40 Years of Coca Cola Monograph) (Coca Cola Croatia, 2008);Dijeta za bonkulovie mediteranska kuhinja (A Diet for Gourmets Mediterranean Cuisine) (Profil, 2009); Kako Iggyju rei Pop a Dylanu Bob ogledi o pop kulturi (Calling a Spade a Spade and Rhyming Iggy Pop and Dylan Bob - Essays on Pop Culture) (Profil, 2009); Vodi kroz hrvatske restorane (A Guide To Croatian Restaurants) (co-author with Davor Butkovi, Profil 2010); to smo jeli u istom loncu (What We Tasted on In the Same Pot) (co-author with eljko atovi Gula, EPH Media 2011); Fino i jeftino (Tasty and Affordable) (Veernji List, 2011); Brodska kuharica (Seamans Cookbook) (Ljevak, 2011); Jesen, zima (Autumn, Winter) (Profil, 2012); and Pria o splitskoj gastronomiji (The Story of the Gastronomy of Split) (TZS, 2013).

He is a regular contributor to the Dobra hrana (Good Food) gourmet section of the Jutarnji List daily newspaper and to other publications by EPH. He also serves as an author and consultant to gourmet projects. Zlatko Gall was a regular participant and the head juror of Croatian Televisions gourmet show U istom loncu (In the Same Pot) for three seasons (2008-2011).