My Greek Table – Episode 407

EPISODE

407

The Sephardic Cooking Of Thessaloniki

In this poignant episode of loss, survival and renewal, Diane visits the daughter of Holocaust survivors for a tour of Thessaloniki’s Jewish past. Hella cooks up a few of her family’s Sephardic recipes, including Huevos Haminados (slowly boiled spiced eggs) and Merenza Assada (grilled eggplant with meatballs in tomato sauce). Diane visits a restaurant for a taste of another Sephardic dish, Keftikas de Nogada (meatballs with walnut sauce). In the kitchen she makes Chicken with Prunes. Guests: Hella Matalon, Konstantinos Markou

SEASON

04

EPISODE

07

Credits

Host/Writer: Diane Kochilas
Executive Producers: Matt Cohen, Diane Kochilas
Director: Matt Cohen
Director of Photography: Chris Bierlein
Editor: Ryan Kollmorgen
Fixer: Andreas Economakis
US Production Manager: Gwenn Williams
Cameras: Chris Bierlein, Gabriel Loukeris, Nikos Diakoumeas, Giorgos Giannakopoulos, Andreas Economakis
Sound: Nikolas Konstantinou
Culinary Producer: Carolina Doriti
Prep Chef: Nasos Tsironikos
Hair & Make-up: Peggy Karabilas
Gaffer: Kostas Bakogiannis
Associate Producer: Tina Tavridou
Production Assistants: Lida Papamatthaiaki, Vasilis Parasamlis, Pavlos Argyropoulos
Dishwasher: Singh Sandeep
Color Correction: Alan Dubin
Audio Post: Spectra Sound, James McGee
Research: Diane Farr Louis
Camera Equipment Rental: Arctos Films S.A
Series Graphics: Media Offline
Music: Associated Production Music
Original Artwork: Kyveli Zoi

For Maryland
Public Television

Special Thanks

Fissler Cookware
Miele Hellas
Stanley Hotel
Simsirikis Catering and Laundry Equipment

Jewelry and Wardrobe: Fakaros Jewelry, Mat Fashion

Stock Footage - see below
Archival Images - see below

A Resolution Pictures Production (logo)
in association with Maryland Public Television

© 2022 Olives Lemons and Me, LLC

Thanks to:
Hella Matalon
Konstantinos Markou

Special Thanks:
Akadimia Restaurant
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki
Marcel Hassid
Mediterranean Palace Hotel
Monastiriotes Synagogue
Thessaloniki Tourism Organization
Yad Lezikaron Synagogue

Archival Images
[SEE THIS DOCUMENT FOR IMAGES USED IN THE SHOW] -

Kounio Family Photos
Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Courtesy of American Jewish University
Courtesy of Jack Beraha
Courtesy of Flora Carasso Mihael
Courtesy of Ram Noam
Courtesy of Mary Beraha Rouben
Courtesy of David Sion
Greece, Thessaloniki, Capture of Jews
German Federal Archive
Wikimedia commons/CC-BY-SA 3.0
Jews of Salonika,1917
© Wikimedia Commons/PD [USING PD MARK NOT ©]