My Greek food articles on zesterdaily, a great food site:

73. My Greek food articles on zesterdaily, a great food site:

27 December 2011

My articles on zesterdaily, a great food site: Greek Christmas Bread Page Title: Greek Christmas Breads | Recipe | Diane Kochilas (Articles/Baking) … Diane Kochilas, the food columnist and restaurant critic for Greece’s largest newspaper, Ta Nea, is also a culinary teacher, restaurant consultant and award-winning cookbook author. Photo: A baker sculpts … Tuesday, 20 December 2011 Ideal Pumpkin Moussaka Page Title: Pumpkin Moussaka and Spicy ...

74. 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. ...

75. Beyond Extra-Virgin: Greek Olive Oil and the Super Premium Trend

16 October 2011

The time is ripe for rethinking the positioning of one of our most traditional foodstuffs, olive oil, on the global market. That market, no doubt, will change dramatically over the next decade, as consumers become more savvy and knowledgeable about specific regional oils and as a group of high-end producers across Europe is hoping to redefine the standards for excellence. ...

76. A Brief History of the Olive Tree in Greece

14 October 2011

The silver-green foliage of the olive tree has graced the mountains and shores of Greece from as far back as 60,000 years ago. Archaeological evidence attests to the long and continuous presence of the olive tree on Greek soil. Leaves of the oldest known cultivated trees, dating back 55,000 years, have been unearthed on the islands of Santorini and Nyssiros. ...

77. Crete for Food Lovers

10 October 2011

It was a driving trek of heroic proportions up the dirt road from Rethymnon, the historic seaside fort city on the northern coast, to the tiny village of Potamous, on one of those dusty Greek-island dirt roads that are less daunting than they seem but nonetheless make every passenger but the driver look like they just stepped off a cyclone. ...

78. Apples: A Greek History

10 October 2011

If there were a king of the garden, an everything to everybody sort of fruit, that would be the apple. From time immemorial, it has been a symbol of good and evil, of magic, of love, more important in religion, superstition, folklore, history and medicine than any other fruit. To the Pythagoreans and to many others after them, the apple was symbolic of the occult. ...