In this cookbook I dedicated myself to exploring the food of Athens. I have lived in Athens for more than thirty years and have been witness to the enormous social and culinary changes all around the city has undergone. To navigate the city’s gastronomic scene today is to discover a city overflowing with new creative energy in its kitchens and myriad of international ingredients in its markets.
These new global influences on the Athenian table live side by side with Greece’s great gastronomic traditions. Souvlaki, hand pies, and the classic pasta casserole pastitsio are included here along with Athenian “fancy” dishes like Noua, a classic Athenian pot roast, and Chicken Milanese, combining chicken, rice, and a velvety cream sauce.
Athens also gives readers a taste of the ways in which the culinary traditions of other countries are shaping the way Athens eats today, with recipes for the likes of French-influenced cross between a croissant and spanakopita, an Italian twist on a Greek classic with Shrimp Saganaki Risotto, updates a Greek bean dish with a Grec-Mex twist on gigantes, and much more. As with all of my other books, the recipes in Athens are home-cook friendly. So, bring a taste of today’s Athenian table to your home with Athens: Food, Stories, Love.
These new global influences on the Athenian table live side by side with Greece’s great gastronomic traditions. Souvlaki, hand pies, and the classic pasta casserole pastitsio are included here along with Athenian “fancy” dishes like Noua, a classic Athenian pot roast, and Chicken Milanese, combining chicken, rice, and a velvety cream sauce.
Athens also gives readers a taste of the ways in which the culinary traditions of other countries are shaping the way Athens eats today, with recipes for the likes of French-influenced cross between a croissant and spanakopita, an Italian twist on a Greek classic with Shrimp Saganaki Risotto, updates a Greek bean dish with a Grec-Mex twist on gigantes, and much more. As with all of my other books, the recipes in Athens are home-cook friendly. So, bring a taste of today’s Athenian table to your home with Athens: Food, Stories, Love.