Leave it to the Greeks to combine lamb and grapes. At first blush you might scratch your head, but then you realize it’s a great idea. This combination also looks very pretty. The recipe requires lamb shanks which is one of my favorite cuts of lamb but increasing difficult to find in a regular supermarket. […]
Pastitsio, A Greek Baked Macaroni
December 30, 2018 by Leave a Comment
The traditional method of baking in Greece was to use a beehive-shaped oven called an avli built on the side of a house. Those who couldn’t afford an oven would send their food to the local baker’s fourno (oven) for cooking. Pastitsio, baked macaroni with meat sauce and white sauce, with its Italian-derived name but […]
Greek Comfort Food is Pastitsio!
March 2, 2015 by Leave a Comment
As much as I love to be gastronomically adventurous when I travel, especially when I was writing A Mediterranean Feast and my job was to eat everything under the Mediterranean sun, I sometimes would eat foods I had already tried simply because I found them so soothing–comfort food away from home so to speak. One […]
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