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Ancient Trahana, Ancient Fast Food!

Trahana is an ancient whole grain product unique to Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean.

A vegetarian recommendation should probably be a lot more accessible than a traditional dish from the mountains of Western Crete could ever hope to be. But when I cam across this dish from my friend Diana Farr Louis’ wonderful book Feasting and Fasting in Crete, I suddenly craved a warming bowl of this timeless food. […]

Soup with Trahana / Trahanosoupa

Trahana is an ancient whole grain product unique to Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean.

Trahana, an ancient grain product that is made with flour or bulgur and milk, buttermilk, or sometimes vegetable pulp, is one of the oldest foods in the Eastern Mediterranean. I like to call it the world’s first instant soup or first fast food. Its rich, complex, milky flavor is a revelation. To find trahana go […]

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