Artichokes in the Greek Kitchen
Ancient artichokes are a harbinger of spring in Greece and throughout the Mediterranean. Countless regional recipes abound for cooking them every which way.
Spring Greek Salad Wrap
Greek salad is a legendary part of the Greek-Mediterranean diet, and there are many Greek salads to speak of, each enjoyed in its season with whatever is fresh. This Greek salad is typically savored in spring, when tender lettuce is at its peak. It’s usually served shredded and dressed with a simple olive oil-lemon vinaigrette. […]
Greek Cheese Pies: Everything You Need to Know!
It’s Cheese Fare Week in Greece and cheese pies, aka tyropites, are one of the most beguiling aspects of the Greek kitchen. Pull out the feta and phyllo, and read about the many different regional variations!
Tsiknopempti – Smoky Thursday in Greece!
Smoky Thursday is the meat-eating feast before Lent. Read about this delicious tradition and enjoy a few succulent meat dishes that will please everyone’s inner carnivore.
Short Pasta Tossed With Grilled Eggplant-tomato Sauce
HELPFUL HINT: I am of two minds when it comes to vegan cheeses. On the one hand, I love real cheese so have no qualms about cheating once a week with the real thing; so many vegan cheeses are an amalgam of fillers that they’re ultimately not that healthy. Look for vegan cheeses produced probiotically […]
Mediterranean Diet & Chocolate: 5 Ways to Use Chocolate in the Greek Kitchen
In the Mediterranean diet and Greek kitchen, chocolate finds its way into delicious desserts with olive oil, superfood Mastiha, Greek wines, tahini, nuts and more. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, here are five ways to use chocolate in traditional and modern Greek baking…all in the spirit of the healthy Mediterranean diet!
Ikaria’s Famous Drinking Herbs: 6 Teas and Natural Remedies from the Blue-Zone Ikarian Pantry
If you’re looking for one of the secrets to Ikarian longevity – and, indeed, a key component to the Mediterranean diet as a whole – you need to take a look at the island’s bounty of herbal teas. Yes, you probably know all about the way fresh and dried herbs spice up many a Mediterranean […]
Mediterranean Diet: 5 Greek Soups that are Essential
Mediterranean Diet: 5 Essential Greek Soups The Mediterranean diet is renowned for its variety and healthy choices, not least of which is the array of delicious, easy soups that found all over the region and are based on a long list of Mediterranean ingredients you can find almost anywhere. Where do Greece and Greek cooking […]
3 Basic Ingredients for Mediterranean Diet, Plant-Based Slow Cooking the Greek and Ikaria Way!
January is Slow-Cooking Month, a time to retrench after likely holiday excesses and to retreat into winter mode more fully. At least it is for me, especially from my perch in Greece and on Ikaria, where the Mediterranean diet reigns supreme.
Samythos Tahini: Meet the Producer
Do you love tahini as much as I do? It is one of the most nutritious ingredients in the Mediterranean Diet, an excellent source of copper and selenium, important for immunity boosting and more. It’s also delicious, of course, and Samythos, which you can find online, is special: Passionate artisan Thanassis Polyzoidis produces dark, nutty cold-pressed tahini from organic unhulled sesame seeds, which he grows in what was traditionally the sesame basket of Northern Greece. Guest writer Diana Farr Louis talked to Polyzoidis about why tahini is his life’s work.
35 Vegan Thanksgiving Recipes with Greek Flavors
Friends, fans and followers, welcome to this little collection of 35 Vegan Thanksgiving Recipes Inspired by Greek Flavors! So much of Greek cooking is naturally vegan that we often just take our great plant-based dishes for granted.
Enjoy this selection of traditional and contemporary Greek-Inspired Vegan Thanksgiving Recipes…from my Greek table to yours!
Happy Trees: Dr. Kavvadias Olive Oil from Corfu
Corfu is not your typical Greek island. It’s very humid, and it averages the most rainfall yearly in all of Greece, making it incredibly green and giving the island a distinct terroir from the rest of the country. And so perhaps it stands to reason that Corfu also does not produce your typical Greek olive […]