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Who We Are

Passion Cooked Slowly,
Served with Honesty

The story of Cevapi Cuisine — from a family kitchen in Atlanta to a community of food lovers across the world.

Our Origin Story

It Started with a Grill, a Recipe, and a Memory

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In 2012, Mirela Kovač moved from Sarajevo to Atlanta with two suitcases, a handful of cherished recipes written in her mother's handwriting, and an overwhelming craving for the foods she grew up with. Unable to find anything close to real cevapi in Georgia, she did what any passionate cook would do — she made it herself.

What started as a weekend hobby quickly turned into a blog, then a community, and eventually into Cevapi Cuisine — a platform dedicated to sharing the bold, honest, and deeply satisfying flavors of Balkan cooking alongside recipes from the broader world of global food culture.

Today, Cevapi Cuisine reaches over 50,000 monthly readers, has been featured in Atlanta Magazine and Southern Living Online, and remains entirely independent — no corporate sponsors, no watered-down recipes, no compromise on flavor.

Mirela in the kitchen cooking traditional recipes Artisan bread baking
2012 Founded
How We Got Here

A Journey Through Flavor

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2012
The Blog is Born
Mirela publishes her first recipe post — a cevapi tutorial that receives 200 visitors in its first week from the Bosnian diaspora community in America.
2014
First Collaboration
Dario Petrić, a food science graduate from Zagreb, joins as a recipe tester and co-writer, bringing precision and methodology to the kitchen creativity.
2016
Atlanta Magazine Feature
A feature story in Atlanta Magazine catapults the site to regional prominence and brings in 10,000 new subscribers in a single month.
2019
Expanding Beyond Balkans
The editorial scope expands to include Turkish, Greek, Middle Eastern, and Eastern European cuisines, attracting a globally diverse readership.
2023
50,000 Monthly Readers
Cevapi Cuisine crosses the 50K monthly reader milestone and launches a weekly newsletter that now reaches 12,000 subscribers worldwide.
What We Believe

Our Values in the Kitchen

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Accuracy First

Every recipe is tested multiple times before publication. We don't publish until it's right.

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Real Ingredients

No shortcuts, no artificial substitutes. We celebrate ingredients in their natural form.

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Cultural Respect

We tell the story behind each dish. Food is history, identity, and community.

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Community First

Our readers are our most important ingredient. We listen, respond, and grow together.

The Faces Behind the Flavors

Meet Our Team

Three passionate food people united by a shared love of great ingredients, genuine recipes, and honest storytelling.

Mirela Kovač - Founder and Head Recipe Developer
Mirela Kovač
Founder & Head Recipe Developer

Born in Sarajevo, raised on her grandmother's cooking, and now calling Atlanta home. Mirela built Cevapi Cuisine from scratch with nothing but a love of food and a determination to share it.

Dario Petrić - Food Scientist and Recipe Tester
Dario Petrić
Food Scientist & Recipe Co-Developer

A food science graduate from Zagreb who brings chemistry and precision to the creative process. If the recipe doesn't work on the third test, Dario is usually the one who figures out why.

Amira Husić - Food Writer and Pastry Contributor
Amira Husić
Food Writer & Pastry Contributor

A journalist turned pastry obsessive, Amira writes our long-form food essays and is responsible for every dessert and baked good on the site. Her baklava has made people cry (in a good way).

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