any greeks about?
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Mmmmmmm moussaka :P
Don't have any famous greek chefs do we?
Borders have had some cracking recipe books on offer recently, picked up a brilliant spanish specific one, I bet they have a greek one too.
Tells you all about the different types of food, where you would find them, which region specialises in what, what the differences are etc. As well as recipes.
Don't have any famous greek chefs do we?
Borders have had some cracking recipe books on offer recently, picked up a brilliant spanish specific one, I bet they have a greek one too.
Tells you all about the different types of food, where you would find them, which region specialises in what, what the differences are etc. As well as recipes.
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Try Culinaria Greece (koenemann) for the classic recipies (and a lot of pictures, adresses of restaurants, producers etc) grat value, too
For Greek cousine with a modern zing try "The Olive and the Caper" from Susanna Hoffman (workmann publishing) she is an anthropologist and chef and her book gives away a lot about food history and greek, byzantine turkish influence (only annoying you have to know/translate american measures and kitchen english- did you know what arogula is- no I didn´t either)- should both be readily available from amazon
Got both books from my Greek Girlfriend and she says some of the things I made remind her of home.....
For Greek cousine with a modern zing try "The Olive and the Caper" from Susanna Hoffman (workmann publishing) she is an anthropologist and chef and her book gives away a lot about food history and greek, byzantine turkish influence (only annoying you have to know/translate american measures and kitchen english- did you know what arogula is- no I didn´t either)- should both be readily available from amazon
Got both books from my Greek Girlfriend and she says some of the things I made remind her of home.....
cramorra said:
Try Culinaria Greece (koenemann) for the classic recipies (and a lot of pictures, adresses of restaurants, producers etc) grat value, too
For Greek cousine with a modern zing try "The Olive and the Caper" from Susanna Hoffman (workmann publishing) she is an anthropologist and chef and her book gives away a lot about food history and greek, byzantine turkish influence (only annoying you have to know/translate american measures and kitchen english- did you know what arogula is- no I didn´t either)- should both be readily available from amazon
Got both books from my Greek Girlfriend and she says some of the things I made remind her of home.....
For Greek cousine with a modern zing try "The Olive and the Caper" from Susanna Hoffman (workmann publishing) she is an anthropologist and chef and her book gives away a lot about food history and greek, byzantine turkish influence (only annoying you have to know/translate american measures and kitchen english- did you know what arogula is- no I didn´t either)- should both be readily available from amazon
Got both books from my Greek Girlfriend and she says some of the things I made remind her of home.....
thank you - i had seen culinaria greece in wh smith and liked the look of it - as you say, for £15ish,it;s good VFM if the recipes are good (and it sounds like they are
)i'll check out the other one too.
thanks again
Don't forget to buy the very best olive oil and wine vinagars you can, not the rubbish from tesco.
if you can get to london green lanes has the best turkish and greek food'ie stuff around.
new season's lambs is a great start, any good butcher or farm shop is the place to go.
and always, always have plenty of tinned organic toms to hand.
if you can get to london green lanes has the best turkish and greek food'ie stuff around.
new season's lambs is a great start, any good butcher or farm shop is the place to go.
and always, always have plenty of tinned organic toms to hand.
scott.s said:
Don't forget to buy the very best olive oil and wine vinagars you can, not the rubbish from tesco.
I was told by a food writer (Thane Prince) that Olive oil is one of the products that the big supermarkets will always ensure is of good quality. She Namechecked both Tesco and Waitrose. Its one of the things that gets regularly tested by the media, and if their product wins the shop will see a rise in people visitng stores to buy that product. Of course since they are in the store they might as well do the rest of their shopping there as well... therefore the store sees an all round rise in sales. So maybe don't dismiss Tesco Olive oil out of hand.
Never had a problem with Tesco's own oil - the way to tell is to drink it - if you can drink a tea spoon full and enjoy it, then it's good - fragrance, and colour play a part too. Also, as I use nothing but Olive Oil (occasionally use sesame oil and groundnut) I find I can't afford vast quantities of olive oil that's been pressed with maiden's feet - you know that's why it's called Virgin dontcha
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