In Greek cuisine, many ingredients and foods enjoy a continuity of existence from the furthest reaches of antiquity to the present. Pasteli, a highly nutritious ancient confection that’s surprisingly relevant today, is one of them. I hope you enjoy reading about its unusual history.
You can leave the ice out of this Greek recipe for an avocado smoothie with Greek honey and Greek yogurt and you can also opt to pour it over ice cubes in a glass. It makes for a filling Greek breakfast and good example of how to incorporate the green Mediterranean diet into your daily […]
I love a good Caesar salad and this Greek salad recipe, or rather Greek-inspired recipe for kale Caesar calls for a tangy, creamy dressing with Greek yogurt and extra virgin Greek olive oil and chickpeas. Another great example of the simple, healthy plant-based foods that are part of the green Mediterranean diet.
Pesto doesn’t have to be the classic Genovese recipe! I make this easy Greek recipe for pesto with any sweet greens I have on hand and like to think of it as the perfect—and literal–example of the green Mediterranean diet! Here’s an added benefit: The almonds are a good-mood superfood, high in plant protein and […]
Orzo, called kritharaki in Greece, is the stuff of comfort food and often baked with tomatoey chicken and/or lamb. This Greek recipe for orzo pilaf is a vegetarian’s dream, packed with healthful vegetables and a great example of green Mediterranean diet cooking. The halloumi cheese adds a special twist.
This Greek recipe for glazed carrots calls for some of my favorite traditional Greek ingredients: extra virgin olive oil, Corinthian currants and petimezi, which is grape molasses. You can find them all online!
This Greek recipe is inspired by a traditional recipe from the Blue Zone Greek island of Ikaria, renowned for its longevity and home to some amazing green Mediterranean cooking. Pretty much everything in the cabbage family – brassica – figures prominently in the local cuisine and the original rendition of this calls for something called […]
Meet the Producer is a blog series that aims to introduce you to the passionate, dedicated food artisans whose products I have carefully chosen for my e-shop. It’s a chance to get to know Greece from behind the scenes and to get to know the people whose products are examples of the very best Greece has to offer. In this post, we will meet Avra Panousopoulou, one of the first women food entrepreneurs in Greece. whose company, Yiam, has always been the perfect balance between tradition and innovation.
My friend Johnny Livanos, creator of one of the first Greek gins, Stray Dog – and, yes, you can really taste the nuanced spectrum of Greek herbs that he uses in his distillation process – created this cocktail for his family’s restaurant Ousia. Ring in the New Year with a clink and have a sip […]
This Greek recipe for a sumptuous dessert calls for some of the most iconic ingredients in Greek cooking: phyllo pastry, extra virgin Greek olive oil, tahini, Greek honey, and mastiha.