Contributors

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Noah Charney

Dr. Noah Charney is an American writer and professor living in Slovenia. He is the author of hundreds of articles in world-renowned media and a dozen of books, including the best-selling novel The Art Thief and Slovenology, which is part memoir, part essay collection, part travel writing, and part guidebook to Slovenia.

He also regularly covers Slovenia for The Guardian newspaper’s travel section and writes about it everywhere from Lonely Planet to National Geographic, from the Washington Post to Atlas Obscura

He likes to define himself as an American who has always felt more at home in Europe.

https://noahcharney.smugmug.com

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Katja Rebolj

Katja Rebolj is one of Slovenia's few full-time professional foragers, combining the art of traditional foraging with modern scientific research. She forages for some of Ljubljana’s top chefs and leads workshops on foraging, where she educates people on the local plants, their uses, and the importance of sustainability. Her soothing approach to foraging offers a therapeutic experience, blending nature with wellness. Katja emphasizes the importance of Slovenia's biodiversity, highlighting the country as a "true Eden" with an impressive variety of plant species—one of the highest concentrations in Europe. She is deeply passionate about preserving these resources and often discusses endangered species and how knowledge about plants can aid in conservation efforts.

https://katjarebolj.com/en/

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Tanja Rebolj

Tanja Rebolj, who is known as the “Blonde Witch of Jezersko,” takes foraging to another level by creating herbal liquors from plants she gathers in her surrounding Alpine meadows. Her approach to foraging is highly intuitive, and she has an incredible ability to spot useful plants that most people would walk past. Tanja sees these plants not only as ingredients for food and beverages but as essential elements of her healing practice, particularly in the medicinal liquors she creates. These include a wide variety of liquors, such as a signature drink flavored with baked apples, rum, and Christmas spices—reminiscent of liquid apple pie. Her schnapps, made from plants like hawthorn and rowan, not only have medicinal properties but are also beloved by those who taste them for their complex flavors.

https://www.herbal-adventures.com/en/

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