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20 June 2022
ABOUT GREEK SAFFRON: It’s called Krokos Kozanis and it is cultivated in the northern Greek area of Kozani. Greek saffron has been known for its aromatic and therapeutic values since prehistoric times, evinced one of Greece’s most famous archeological finds, the famous fresco of the saffron harvester unearthed at Akrotyri on Santorini. Greeks use saffron as a spice, but ...
19 May 2022
WILD RICE NUTRITION Contrary to what many people think, wild rice isn’t a rice at all, but the seed of a semi-aquatic grass that is native to North America. Wild rice is low on the glycemic index and, while not a great source of vitamins, it is rich in several minerals, including phosphorous and magnesium. It’s also very versatile ...
15 April 2022
MEDITERRANEAN CHICKEN-RICE DISHES: Chicken and rice are a classic combo in the Mediterranean kitchen. In the context of the Ikaria Diet Recipe Club, enjoying animal protein at most once a week fits into an overall meal plan. On Ikaria, chicken and rooster are both esteemed meats, and in the traditional diet they were consumed sparingly, on special occasions or ...
28 March 2022
Note: You can also use mango, apricots or ripe, firm peaches in this salad
4 November 2021
A colorful wild rice pilaf dish, with plenty of flavors and fragrances! Feel free to enjoy it not only during the holiday season, but year-round just as well!
31 December 2019
In the cooking of northern Greece, baked rice dishes appear in several places and make for a regional specialty, since in few other places around the country are rice dishes prepared in the oven. This dish, called rithanathema in Greek, possibly traces its etymology to the Greek word for bird, ornitha, and that for food, edesma. It is a ...
13 October 2019
This Greek recipe for lentil-rice pilaf comes from Halki, an island in the southern Dodecanese. The combination of legumes, especially lentils, and pasta or rice is very popular int his part of Greece. There are dozens of slightly different versions of this dish, with rice, bulgur, and fresh and dried pasta.
11 May 2019
The range of Greek vegetable-rice dishes covers all manner of seasonal ingredients. These recipes are more similar in texture to Italian risotti than to the pilafs (pilafi in Greek) of the East.This is one of my favorite go-to recipes when I want to create something that harks back to tradition but is modern, easy, and elegant. It is adapted ...
3 March 2013
Rio. New Orleans. Those are the places that come to mind when most people think of Carnival. But in Greece, Carnival, called “apokries,” which means “away from meat,” is one of the most festive times and yet one of the least known to non-Greeks, probably because most visitors to Greece gravitate to the country in the summer. Apokries lasts three ...
11 February 2013
Calamari stuffed with rice is considered an aphrodisiac in the Greek kitchen!
