I have this thing about flocking to restaurants that have been the darling of a fickle press for all of a month or so. Such is the case with Cocina Povera, a hot new place opened by alumni of the late, great 48 restaurant, Giannis Kaimenakis and chef Kleomenis Zournatzis. For all its hipness,...
Small Talk One thing we restaurant reviewers savor is a meal in a place with a menu that’s actually worth reviewing. Ironic as that might sound, in Athens, a city where so many eating establishments serve forth pre-fab food or simple, standard taverna fare, it’s an issue. Small Talk, located right across from the...
MOMA has Danny Meyer, the quintessential New York restaurateur, who runs the museum’s excellent restaurant; the Museum of Natural History in Kifissia has Thanassis Platis, the latest in a line of caterers who have taken over this lovely, modern dining room. While success proved evasive to previous managers of this unique space, Platis is...
I had set out to go to one of the new restaurants in Kolonaki when, totally by chance, we passed Cilentio and I remembered that a friend had recently recommended the place. So, cell phone in hand, we cancelled our plans and walked into the oh-so-civilized, gleefully quiet, homey, charming little restaurant on Mantzarou...
Visit us on the Blue Zone island Ikaria, where people have the longest life spans in the world, for a week of glorious Greek cooking classes in an ancient Greek-island village.
