Martha Rose Shulman recommends Diane’s Giant Beans with Spinach, Tomatoes and Feta recipe for a different, meatless, oddly yet deliciously inspired by Greek cooking, Thanksgiving dish! Be sure to check it out!
Here’s a great, easy version of the classic American tuna melt, made with a local Greek canned tuna from the island of Alonissos, Kalamata olives, and taramosalata as the sandwich spread instead of mayonnaise. Serves 6 1 teaspoon commercial or homemade taramosalata or salmon roe spread 6 tablespoons extra-virgin Greek olive oil 1/3 cup chopped, […]
One of the loveliest, mildest, most buttery mainland cheeses is the log-shaped Manouri, a alabaster-white, mild, velvety cheese that is served as both a table cheese and a dessert cheese, with honey and fruit. It is very similar to the Italian cheese ricotta salata. It is almost always made with sheep’s milk whey to which […]
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(Excerpted from my forthcoming book, The Country Cooking of Greece, Chronicle Books, October, 2012) Ancient Greek and Byzantine literature is filled with references to fruits preserved in honey or petimezi—the world’s oldest sweeteners. To this day, eggplant and pumpkin rounds are still put up in grape must syrup, especially in wine-producing regions like Naoussa. The […]
COUNTRY COOKING OF GREECEIS OUT AND THE SCHEDULE FOR GLORIOUS GREEK KITCHEN ON IKARIA ISLAND IS AVAILABLE! Check out my adventurous new book The Country Cooking of Greece filled with great recipes enjoyed not only in the rural background they originate from but in many Greek urban and suburban homes! Be sure to order your […]
My friend Ilia once spent half a day in a London park turning a whole lamb over a pit of hot coals, anticipating the moment when he’d cut the crisp garlicky meat and find in every morsel the smells and flavors that would carry him back, even if momentarily, to Greece at Easter. Instead, as […]
Most Greeks the world over enjoy a hot bowl of mageiritsa soup after the midnight liturgy on the Saturday night before Easter. The soup, made with lamb or goat organ meats, is a perfect example of the home economy that characterizes the Greek cuisine.Nothing, in short, is wasted. The soup marks the end of the […]