Giant Beans Baked with Grape Molasses and Herbs

37. Giant Beans Baked with Grape Molasses and Herbs

8 January 2020

I have made this dish in other versions, with my favorite Ikarian pine honey and fresh orange juice. Petimezi, the subtle, sweet syrup made by cooking down clarified grape must, is one of the world’s oldest natural sweeteners. In this dish, it lends balance to the already earthy beans and it pairs beautifully with tomatoes and herbs.

38. Five Greek Superfoods Perfect for Thanksgiving

20 November 2019

Thanksgiving is a time of excess for most of us. But excess can contain a few delicious health-giving ingredients, too! The five Greek superfoods I highlight below are all exceedingly healthy and delicious to boot. You can find them all on my online shop and worked into this year's roster of new Thanksgiving recipes inspired by Greek cuisine. Don't forget to check out Johnny Livanos's guest blog post on which Greek wines to choose for Thanksgiving, too!

39. Beans in Greek Cooking

29 February 2016

Beans and pulses are among the traditional Greek foods. For eons, these simple, healthful ingredients have been staples of the kitchen, an easy, economical, nutritious way to feed body and soul alike. Although Greeks consume many different kinds of beans and pulses, the oldest are no doubt the broad bean, the chick pea and the lentil, which have been sa ...

40. Savoring Thessaloniki: Greece’s Second City is First for Food

8 January 2016

SAVORING THESSALONIKI — GREECE’S SECOND CITY IS FIRST FOR FOOD Greece’s second city is first in food, a well-kept secret to those in the know that’s now out of the bag, thanks to the venerable paper of record, the New York Times, which a few days ago listed Thessaloniki as number 47 on a list of 52 places one ...

41. Greek Food Products and Basic Greek Ingredients

17 November 2011

Every cuisine in the world is the sum of its parts, of its ingredients, in other words, those basic foods and flavor combinations that are the cook’s alphabet for both carrying on traditions and creating new dishes that are both authentic and contemporary. Greece is blessed with a wide gamut of basic ingredients that flourish in this perfect Mediterranean climate. ...