Full Color Version. Chef Baba, the 85-year-old Eastern European grandmother living in America, teaches her charming and funny son Damir how to cook in her YouTube series Chef Baba TV. It quickly becomes obvious that Damir has never lifted a finger to cook -- but why should he when Baba is a master chef? Due to popular demand from Chef Baba's fans, Damir finally got off of his smartphone to help his mother publish her legendary cooking secrets.  Chef Baba's authentic, old world recipes were handed down for generations in Baba's family. This book contains the secrets to preparing classic Eastern European cuisine including Gibanica, Sarma, Meat Crepes, Lepinjice, Krofne, Keks Torta, plus many more! Acknowledgements ii Chef Baba's History of Cooking 2 Appetizers 12 Gibanica 14 Meat Crepes 18 Burek with Spinach 22 Burek with Cheese 24 Breads and Pastries 26 Pogača 30 Lepinjice 34 Listici 40 Krofne 44 Kiflice with Apricot Filling 48 The Three Strudels 54 Potato Biscuits 58 Soups and Salads 62 Baba's Famous Chicken Noodle Soup 66 Baba's Super-Thin Noodles 70 Russian Chicken Salad 74 Serbian Cooked Beans 78 Prebranac (Serbian Baked Beans) 82 Baba's Magic Salad 86 Kisela Čorba 90 Baba's Tomato Salad 93 Baba's Cucumber Salad 94 Baba's Potato Salad 95 Baba's Cabbage Salad 96 Main Courses 98 Sarma 100 Karadjordje Schnitzel 104 Ćevapčici 108 Stuffed Peppers 112 Lamb Chops 116 Pork Schnitzel 120 Baba's Chicken Chili 124 Beef Wellington 128 Grilled Pork Chops with Onions 132 Baba's Baked Trout 134 Baba's Fried Catfish 136 Baba's Roasted Turkey 138 Chicken Paprikas 144 Side Dishes 146 Baba's Ajvar 147 Baba's Roasted Peppers 148 Baba's Creamed Spinach 149 Baba's Mashed Potatoes 150 Baba's Peas 151 Baba's Red Cabbage 152 Becarac 153 Baba's Scalloped Potatoes 154 Baba's Beets with Garlic 155 Baba's Baked Cauliflower 156 Baba's Oven-Roasted Brussel Sprouts 157 Baba's Mashed Sweet Potatoes 158 Baba's Oven-Roasted Potato Wedges 159 Baba's Glazed Carrots 160 Sufnudle (Potato Dumplings) 162 Desserts 166 Vanilice 168 Krempita 174 Baklava 178 Vasina Torta 184 Reforma Torta 190 Keks Torta 196 Apricot Dumplings 200 Panama Torta 204 Apple and Pumpkin Strudels 208 Česnica 212 European Apple Pie 216 Serbian Fruit Pie 220 Oblatne (Waffle Sheet Cookies) 224 Medena Pita (Honey Bars) 225 Vocna Salama 227 Kokos Stangle (Coconut Bars) 228 Index 229 About Chef Baba Cooking Show 235 About the Authors 236 Miroslava Perge 236 Damir Perge 236 Born in Yugoslavia, Miroslava Perge immigrated to the U.S. in 1974, at the age of 41, with her husband Ivan and three children. They left Yugoslavia because they could see the political and financial conditions changing. Without knowing one word of English, she built a new life with her family in a new country. Now, at 85 years old, Miroslava has lived half of her life in Yugoslavia and half of it in America. Chef Baba has been cooking for seventy-five years and has not slowed down. Among family and friends, Chef Baba has always been known for her amazing cooking, particularly her Gibanica, chicken noodle soup, super-thin noodles, Lepinjice, Krempita, Listici, and ... well, actually the list goes on and on. Miroslava learned to cook from her mother, who learned to cook from her mother and so on. She prepared those traditional Eastern European recipes so well that nobody else in the family wanted to cook. Why should they when Chef Baba could cook anything? After 15 years of Chef Baba telling her son Damir that she would not live forever-that's what Serbian Babas (grandmas) do-he finally got the message. Damir decided to shoot a video of Baba making his favorite recipe Gibanica. They had so much fun they started the ChefBaba Cooking Show on YouTube. After numerous requests from Chef Baba's fans that she writes a cookbook, Damir has finally gotten off his smartphone to do something about it. Damir has taken on the responsibility of cataloguing and recording all Chef Baba's recipes. Chef Baba has more than 600 recipes from the Old Country, so the sharing of her wonderful secret recipes continues. For more information about Chef Baba, her recipes, and to watch the ChefBaba Cooking Show, please go to ChefBaba.com Born in Yugoslavia, Damir immigrated to the U.S. at the age of 11. He became a U.S. citizen at age 16 and represented the U.S. on the National Youth Soccer Team from 16 to 19. He was a McDonald's Soccer All-American and received a full soccer scholarship to play at Southern Methodist University, where he pursued studies in mechanical engineering. Damir is an entrepreneur, former venture capitalist, author, screenplay writer, producer and complexity scientist. He ran a VC fund in Silicon Valley-focused on investing in the seed and early stages of the startup cycle. As a venture capitalist, he raised more than $300 million for various companies and invested more than $50 million into 25 startups and early stage companies in the entertainment, publishing, media, sports, Internet, enterprise and consumer softw