This delicious Greek recipe for eggplant skewers in a wrap, made all the more luscious by spreading a silky Greek yogurt – zucchini dip, the perfect replacement for mayo, is what the Mediterranean diet is all about! Simple, robust flavors and great, healthy ingredients mark the best of the food traditions all over the Mediterranean.
Greek yogurt is the backdrop to countless savory spreads that can easily replace mayo in sandwiches. This Greek recipe for a fun, plant-based sandwich spread using Greek yogurt attests to the healthy options so many Mediterranean diet recipes offer. Use this delicious Greek yogurt-charred zucchini spread with smoked salmon, turkey, or even tuna.
Gyro: An Ancient Greek Street Food Who would’ve known! There is actually a National Gyro Day and this year it is Sept. 1! Yes, gyro, as in that tapered tower of thinly sliced meat rotating on an upright spit that is a delectable street-food in many parts of the world. Gyro, pronounced “GHEE-ro” in Greek […]
Xinomavro is the leader of Greece’s red wines. It is a grape so wild, so extreme, that it has taken generations of determined winemakers and farmers to tame it to the brutally elegant wines it produces today. A variety worthy of its title, the King of Greek Wines. The name of the grape indicates much […]
Agiorgitiko is a mouthful. A complicated name for a complex wine. Complicated in the ways that it’s difficult to pronounce, that its spelling changes label to label, and its name has changed over the several millennia that this grape has existed. Let’s go back to the beginning. Agiorgitiko originates from Nemea where even then they […]
Do you ever get the yen for a healthier version of fast food? Is there anything more irresistible than a down-and-dirty gyro, dripping with tzatziki, the garlicky Greek yogurt sauce, oozing with ripe tomato rounds, and filled with thin slices of smoky chicken? Gyro is one of the best ever street food classics and this […]
The key to making this simple Greek recipe for salsa is in the chopping. All ingredients should be cut to a fine dice, smaller than confetti but not so small that the pieces are indiscernible. It’s a salad of sorts in that it contains a mixture of fresh, chopped vegetables, but is eaten more like […]
Greek Biftekia and Briam are both classic recipes. I combine them in this dish, essentially a Mediterranean sheet-pan recipe, for an all-in-one, easy, healthy meal. This is a great example of how to change the geography of your plate, placing equal of not more emphasis on vegetables over protein. Kids will love it, too!
Here’s a fun Greek recipe for a healthy sandwich made in the best vegetarian traditions of the Mediterranean diet! What makes this really great and delicious are the jammy tomatoes and the tanginess of the Greek feta.
Yogurt, octopus, lamb, olives, oregano. These foods “belong” to the Greek kitchen in the world’s eye. Not so corn. Yet this American staple has been part of the Greek table for several hundred years, most likely introduced and disseminated by the Ottoman Turks, who may have encountered it first in Africa. The Turkish word for […]