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Chiara Fontana
Eating Dubrovnik one konoba at a time
Based in Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Chiara moved across the Adriatic from Bari and now shops the Gundulić Square morning market and the Gruž fish hall most days of the week. She writes about Ston oysters, black cuttlefish risotto and the family konobas in Konavle that never make the tourist lists.
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