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11 July 2023
When summer arrives, it’s time for slow eating with friends, seafood served up on tables set right next to the sea, and Greece’s iconic summery slow-drinking beverage: ouzo!
3 July 2023
Summer Cooking and Greek olive oil have a natural sympatico! Greek cooking is all about fruits and vegetables, which grow prolifically in Greece’s sunny, hot climate. And since raw ingredients are so delicious here, Greek cooking focuses on letting their innate quality shine through simple recipes and preparations. Essentially, the idea here is that food should be served as close ...
17 June 2023
Spinach and chickpeas baked with Greek feta is a perfect example of a plant-based Greek recipe that speaks the language of the Mediterranean diet. This is one of many Greek vegetarian recipes that are robust, delicious, and really healthy! There’s a generous amount of extra virgin Greek olive oil in this Greek spinach-chickpea recipe, but it’s the feta that ...
13 June 2023
Greeks just might be born to grill – so, of course, it makes sense to go Greek for Father’s Day! Grilling is everywhere in Greece, no matter where you go, and historically this cooking method has long been a part of the Mediterranean cooking repertoire: evidence of grilling can be found in Greece’s Mycenaean civilization during 1600-1100 B.C. Archaeologists have ...
10 June 2023
This Greek recipe for a summer vegetable stew is from Ikaria, the Blue Zone Greek island of longevity. It’s called soufico and in this version, from t he south side of the island, it’s basically all the summer vegetables cooked together in a skillet with extra virgin Greek olive oil and herbs. It’s a classic Ikaria longevity recipe, a ...
30 May 2023
Squid is a beloved seafood in the Greek diet and this yummy Calamari Salad with sweet and sour dressing is perfect as a main course or side dish. Greeks love seafood and there are countless delicious Greek seafood recipes, both for salads and as main courses. Squid is particularly beloved. Squid is rich in protein, omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin ...
9 May 2023
From desserts to savory salads, even hot off the grill – there are so many mouthwatering ways to enjoy strawberries, especially as we approach June and the start of the season! Here in Greece, as in much of the world, we love a good strawberry recipe beyond simple strawberry jams, and you’ll find this fruit cropping up in a number ...
5 May 2023
This Greek salad has been voted the world’s best salad and it went a little viral online. It is basically a classic Greek salad, or Horiatiki (Village Salad), as prepared on the island of Crete, with a local barley rusk called Dako. That’s a round rusk that comes split across the middle. You can make this with any Greek rusk ...
2 May 2023
Artichoke Lore: Artichokes are one of the most ancient and beloved vegetables in the Eastern Mediterranean, and Greeks have been eating them forever, or at least since discovering and embracing their ancestor, the wild cardoon. There are several artichoke varieties grown in Greece, mostly in the Peloponnese and Crete. Try serving this with a bowl of lightly salted Greek ...
1 May 2023
In the vast majority of recipes in this ongoing collection, I’ve steered clear of refined sugar as an ingredient. But the truth is that some of the most traditional preparations on Ikaria and elsewhere in Greece are the fruits, nuts, and young vegetables preserved in sugar syrup called glyka tou koutaliou. or spoon sweets. Vyssino, which is the name ...
