GREEK SALAD & MORE

Tamarisk, sort of? The first warm-weather Greek green…

Tamarisk, sort of? The first warm-weather Greek green…

Is this green, called almyriki, related to the ancient, Biblical Tamarisk tree?

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Greek Salads

Greek Salads

The dish that brought Greek cuisine fame worldwide is, no doubt, a salad. Greeks call it horiatiki; the rest of the world knows it as Greek village salad. It appears on the menus of Greek and Mediterranean restaurants from Athens to Adelaide. It’s simple—a mixture of tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, green peppers, olives, oregano, olive...

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