In Athens, there are special places that have been a part of the city for so long that they have become symbolic of the eating culture. Here are just a couple of our favourite Athenian…
Ratatouille
Athens: where to eat
Eggplant rolls
Glossy black eggplants are something that I just cannot resist. As eggplants inevitably end up, each week, in my market basket during summer, I am always on the look out for new recipes to use…
Frikase
“You no eat meat?”….”I’ll make lamb!” is the famous line from the movie, My Big Fat Greek wedding. In our family, the line would read I’ll make goat. Sophia often praises the qualities of goat:…
Octopus toursi
Picture this. A gruelling 30 hour trip from wintery Sydney to Athens. A jet lagged bus trip from Athens Airport to Pireaus, followed by a four hour ferry trip. Queue collapsing on the main ferry…
Naxos: a guide
The largest of the Cyclades archipelago, Náxos is one of the few Greek islands that is completely self-sustainable and could feed itself. Every square inch of the island, including the main town proudly boasts either…
Octopus Pilaf
χταπόδι πιλάφι
Melitzanosalata
There are about a thousand different recipes for Μελιτζανοσαλάτα (Melitzanosaláta or eggplant spread). From the Greek kitchen, but also from the Levantine, such as the famous baba ganoush, patlıcan salatası from Turkey, salat ḥatzilim in Israel…
Melitzanes skordostroumbi
Give a Greek person a vegetable, any vegetable, and they will transform it into a mouthwatering feast. Summer vegetables, especially succulent tomatoes hardly require any exhaustive transformation because they are just so delicious – all…
