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29 October 2020
I can’t describe to you what a show-stopper this vegan and/or vegetarian Greek recipe for stuffed whole roasted butternut squash is. It’s a great example of the variety and flavor inherent in the vegetable traditions of the Mediterranean Diet. You can play around with the filling a bit by also adding some chopped fresh spinach and even some crumbled ...
10 September 2020
Greek wines are the perfect quaff for the grazing style of meze eating. Learn how to pair them with a variety of tasty Greek treats meant to be savored and shared.
31 August 2020
Greek salad has infinite incarnations and this fun Greek recipe for a BLT is just one of them! Best of all…the Kalamata Olive Mayo , made with Greek yogurt! That’s a recipe from my most recent book, My Greek Table.
31 August 2020
A mayo fit for the Mediterranean Diet! Try this delicious mixture of Greek yogurt, Kalamata olive paste, extra virgin Greek olive oil and more on all your sandwiches.
1 July 2020
Awesome is the only way to describe this delicious grilled corn recipe, a paean to my Greek-American roots. Enjoy! It’s a recipe from my most recent book, My Greek Table .
24 June 2020
Chickpeas are one of the oldest foods continuously eaten throughout the Aegean islands, and this Greek recipe for chickpea salad, inspired by the traditional foods of Paros, has a decidedly modern twist with the addition of a new ancient grain, quinoa. Quinoa isn’t native to Greece, of course, but with ancient chick peas and a healthy dose of extra ...
19 June 2020
Kapama is the name given to many different aromatic meat stews in Greece. This particular recipe is from Evia, and I’ve included two of the island’s major agricultural products, figs and green olives. It’s a great Sunday meal.
11 June 2020
This Greek recipe for spinach tart is inspired by the classic Greek spanakopita, except I use puff pastry instead of phyllo, and by the flavor palette of Messinia, where extra virgin olive oil and olives figure prominently. The landscape is almost one continuous olive grove and savory pies are a common treat. Ironically, olives are not typically incorporated into ...
28 May 2020
Konstantine "Dean" Karnazes is on TIME magazine’s cover “100 Most Influential People in the World.” Men’s Health hailed him as one of the fittest men on the planet. He has run hundreds of marathons across the globe and has twice carried the Olympic Torch. In 2019 he received the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition Lifetime Achievement Award.He also filmed with us for the "Navarino Challenge" episode of My Greek Table! We continue the conversation below, in a Q&A about health, fitness and the Greek-Mediterranean Diet.
15 May 2020
The classic recipe for a Greek salad calls for everything listed below, plus feta. In this version, made together with ultra marathoner Dean Karnazes when we met, ran and filmed in Messinia, in the southern Peloponnese, I leave out the feta but get plenty of healthy calcium from the addition of sesame seeds.
