This colorful salad is a classic Greek winter treat. 6 servings 2 cups finely shredded white cabbage 2 cups finely shredded red cabbage 2 cups peeled and finely shredded carrot 4 roasted red peppers, seeded and finely chopped (about 1 ¼ cups) 2 Tbsp. tiny capers 1 garlic clove 1/3 cup/80 ml extra-virgin...
Thama is Greek dialect for miracle. The miracle of sorts that Thama represents is a Greek-crisis-born trend, the arrival of which has long been overdue: the mushrooming of reasonably priced, nicely appointed neighborhood restaurants with good, decent, even interesting, food. If you’re willing to take a metro ride to the Nomismatokopeio station, about 10 ...
This is about the defrocking of a cult hero! About 20 years ago, when we first moved to Athens, Valentina, in the boondocks of Kallithea, a working class neighborhood that is home to many of the most recent Greek immigrants from the farthest reaches of the former Soviet Union, used to be the place...
A weekend in the Peloponnese might include many things, from visits to the wineries of Nemea and Mandineia and elsewhere, a tour of the archeological wonders, a stop in Nafplion, to a jaunt down to the Mani or a stroll through one of the region’s beautifully preserved villages, like Levidi, Stemnitsa, and Dimitsana. The...
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.
