I tried out this recipe for the first time at a friend’s house many years ago. She had served it as part of a Lenten table. It’s not a traditional fasting dish, but it certainly fits the bill. It’s delicious over great bread and can easily be dressed up with a sprinkling of crumbled feta.
Olive oil, honey and nuts make these classic melomakarona Greek Christmas cookies one of the healthiest sweets you can enjoy. You can find great Greek honey and olive oil on my online store here.
Chicken soup, Greek penicillin (!), is one of the most delicious winter dishes. Most people know it in its restaurant interpretation, as chicken soup avgolemono, with rice and the classic egg-lemon liaison. This old recipe, from northern Greece, calls for trahana, a delicious, sour grain product that is one of the oldest agricultural products in […]
Unless you really aren’t a mushroom fan (and I don’t know too many such folks), grilled mushrooms are a classic, easy recipe fit for the holidays and every day. The tang of garlic, Greek olive oil and oregano make these grilled mushrooms even better. You can serve them right out of the oven, or […]
To my mind, this is one of the great vegan dishes of Greece. It is earthy and light, but also deeply satisfying and hearty. For a lovingly curated array of Greek ingredients to pair with this recipe, check out my online store here.
Makes 4 servings For the Marinade: 2 tablespoons coarse salt Freshly ground black pepper to taste 2 tablespoons Greek dried oregano 2 tablespoons minced garlic ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil 1/3 cup fresh strained lemon juice 2 1/2 pounds boneless lamb leg or shoulder, cut into 1 ½- inch cubes (There should be about 16 […]
Turn an ordinary Greek salad into a surprisingly sating vegetarian sandwich!
Sweet cheese-filled pastries abound all over the Greek islands and are mainly Easter specialties. Melitinia hail from Santorini and from Tinos.
Greeks have been doing nose-to-tail cooking long before it became fashionable. Kokkoretsi, a spit-roasted sauasage made with organ meats, is one delicious Greek Easter example.
The combination of sweet and salty or sweet and sour is a common one throughout the Mediterranean. Greeks love the marriage of honey, vinegar and herbs, for example. Elsewhere, anchovies, pine nuts and raisins are a beloved sweet-sour trio. This is my quick and easy adaptation on a Sicilian classic.