"The most precious thing in the universe
is life, and whatever lives has need of
food", Brilla Savarin |
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300
Traditional Recipes |
This book is a valuable helpmate and
a source of inspiration for the
contemporary homemaker. In it you
will find not only hundreds of tasty
recipes, but coordinated suggestions
for delightful, impressive menus, a
feast of main dishes and luscious
dessert ideas, with step-by-step
instructions so that you can cook
them easily and correctly, and work
real miracles in your kitchen. |
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Meze by
Diane Kochilas |
Now you can enjoy the food and fun of a
meze feast. Meze, the small plates of
just about everything from seafood,
meat, and vegetables to handheld pies,
colorful salads, nuts, olives, and
cheeses, is the food of hospitality and
conviviality, food meant to be shared
with friends and family and savored with
wines and spirits.
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The Foods
of the Greek Islands |
With recipes from Molyvos, New York's
acclaimed Greek restaurant. Stretching
from the shores of Turkey to the Ionian
Sea east of Italy, the Greek islands
have been the crossroads of the
Mediterranean since the time of Homer
and boast some of the most intriguing
food in the world. Simple but never
plain, the cooking of the islands relies
on flavorful ingredients rather than
complicated techniques. |
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The Festive Fast cookbook |
Greek Meatless Cooking in the Eastern
Orthodox Tradition. |
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Wedding
Days |
An invitation to those who appreciate fine
cooking, innovative ideas, and modern
design! From the marriage proposal to
the big day, Wedding Days offers help
and organization for all the
festivities, while the unique meal
creations induce a festival of the
senses. |
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Cat
Cora's kitchen |
Born to embark on this culinary adventure,
Cat is an acclaimed chef raised by Greek
restauranteurs in Jackson, Miss. A
graduate of the Culinary Institute of
America, she's worked with top chefs in
New York, Napa Valley, San Francisco and
France, and studied with two of France's
three-star Michelin chefs. |
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The Olive and The Caper |
In this vibrant cookbook, Susanna Hoffman
marries respect for tradition with a
keen spirit of innovation to celebrate
all things Greek. Devoted to food,
filled with the passion and voices of
people she's lived and cooked with for
the past thirty years, The Olive and The
Caper is a collection of 250 recipes
that are simply and utterly glorious. |
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Secrets
of Fat-Free Greek Cooking |
The art of Greek cooking offers an
abundance of aromas, colors, and flavors
based upon a purity and simplicity that
have remained practically unchanged
throughout the centuries. Secrets of Fat
- Free Greek Cooking not only reveals
how to cook authentic Greek dishes, it
also tells you how to maximize their
nutritional benefits. |
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The Philosopher's Kitchen |
Recipes from Ancient Greece and Rome For the
Modern Cook. "Pleasure is the beginning
and end of living happily," said the
Greek philosopher Epicurus two thousand
years ago. Certainly the dazzlingly
varied, subtly seasoned cuisine of
ancient Greece and Rome measured up to
the highest standards of eating
pleasure. The Philosopher's Kitchen
offers seductive, modern interpretations
of these dishes rediscovered in a
variety of sources, from writings by
Plato, Aristotle, Homer, and Cicero to
the oldest known surviving cookbook. |
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Nosthimia! The Greek American Family Cookbook |
Written by Greek-American chef Georgia
Sarianides, Nosthimia! The Greek
American Family Cookbook introduces
Americans to Greek cuisine in a fun and
engaging way. Georgia plans meals that
are healthy and don’t require hours in
the kitchen. She emphasizes the use of
fresh fruits, vegetables, herbs, spices,
and olive oil, all healthy and
delicious. |
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Politiki Kouzina the Cookbook in Greek |
Politiki Kouzina is a one-of-a-kind book
dedicated to the history of Greek
Cuisine in cosmopolitan Constantinople (refered
to as the "Poli"). The book invites the
reader to explore 2000 years of
Constantinople's Greek culinary history.
It includes 250 traditional recipes.
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The Mediterranean Diet Cookbook |
The Mediterranean Diet Cookbook explores
the secrets known for centuries on the
island of Crete of a traditional diet
that seamlessly combines good nutrition
with extraordinary gastronomic pleasure.
Physician and nutrition specialist
Jacques Fricker teams up with chef and
health writer Dominique Laty to explain
the benefits of the "Mediterranean Diet"
and the subtle alchemy it achieves
through balanced nutrition and a
healthful lifestyle. |
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Salonika A Family Cookbook |
Cherished recipes from the Ma'min, Ottoman
Muslims with Jewish decendents who lived
in what is now Greece and Turkey. Home
cooking provides a fascinating, intimate
look at a society that vanished in World
War I. Eloquent social commentary and
very accessible recipes. Charming
turn-of-the-century photos and line
drawings.
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West
Cretan Cooking |
This preserves traditional Cretan recipes
and takes its shape from the island's
rich history and diverse landscape. This
healthy and delicious diet has touched
Romans, Jews, Venetians, Ottomans and
modern Greeks providing each with good
health and long life spans. By recording
and commenting on dishes that remained
typical of Crete until the 1960's,
Nicholas Stavroulakis links the modern
reader with these past inhabitants of a
bitter yet extravagantly nourishing
land.
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Greek
Cookery and Wines |
A luxury edition which takes us into the
magical world of Greek cuisine with
traditional recipes, local specialities,
pastries, wines, and other beverages,
from all the areas of Greece and Cyprus,
each recipe with the estimated number of
calories.
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Olive oil
source of life |
"Olive Oil - source of life"
a unique gift by nature that has something
more than just ingredients ...
life itself.
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The Greek
Vegetarian |
In The Greek Vegetarian, Diane Kochilas
demonstrates both the breadth and wealth
of Greek vegetarian cooking. Her talent
in researching classic and traditional
Greek recipes and adapting them to
today's leaner, more modern kitchen is
apparent in this cornucopia of recipes.
Uncompromising in flavor, they will
appeal to home cooks looking for
imaginative ways to prepare healthy
foods. Included in The Greek Vegetarian
are recipes for cold and warm mezes,
salads both raw and cooked, pastas and
grains, stews and one pot dishes, baked
vegetable and bean specialties, stuffed
vegetables, soups, savory pies and basic
breads, and dishes that feature eggs. |
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The Food
and Wine of Greece |
More than 300 classic and modern dishes
from the mainland and islands of Greece.
Diane Kochilas spend more than fifteen
years living and traveling in Greece.
There she gathered recipes from home
cookbooks and professional chefs coaxing
a wonderful array of authentic recipes
as a result.
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Cookbook
of the Jews of Greece |
Greek Jewish cooking is the product of
Jewish life in four great empires. The
Jews have lived in Greece for over 2,000
years as one succeeded another: the
Alexandrine, the Roman, the Byzantine,
and the Ottoman.
The recipes for the Cookbook of the Jews
of Greece were painstakingly gathered
from these survivors in retirement homes
and family homes throughout Greece by
the director of the Jewish Museum of
Greece, Nicholas Stavroulakis. He has
brought his own varied background to
bear on the cookbook’s creation.
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Alexiadou Alexia - Cooking a Love Affair
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COOKING : A
LOVE AFFAIR
Alexia Alexiadou likens the pleasure of
eating to the exhilaration of falling in
love - all the senses are involved. A best
seller in Greece, her book offers a medley
of international recipes for romantic dinner
meals that can last till morning. Alexiadou
encourages creativity: "Don't be afraid to
play with flavors and your kitchen will
always be erotic, unique and original," she
says. She even provides occasional menus for
all seasons, like the "Exotic Summer" menu
and the "Black Tie Dinner for Eight." With
recipes such as "Pheasant with Mushrooms and
Chestnuts" or "Salmon Coulibiac," you are
certain to fall in love with cooking.
(English Edition)
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Alexiadou Vefa
Greek Pastries and Desserts |
Entertaining
at home, whether the occasion be formal or
casual, is a breeze with the help of this
incredible partly planner. Drawn from Greek
and international cuisine, the 200 original
recipes in this deluxe full-color edition
are elegantly presented in 19 special
occasion menus.
More than just a cookbook, this veritable
treasure chest of the culinary arts is
designed to guide you through the
intricacies of wine service, napkin folding,
table settings, garnishes and creative
decorations.
Festive Cuisine brilliantly blends
imagination with the senses into a coherent
aesthetic whole.
In this, her third cookbook to be published
in English, Vefa Alexiadou once again
demonstrates with world-class style that
gracious dining and entertaining are far
from being a thing of the past. |
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Alexiadou Vefa
Greek Cuisine |
Vefa Alexiadou
through her books and TV programs has taught
hundreds of thousands of Greek women their
heritage of traditional Greek cookery. Once
handed down verbally from mother to
daughter, today’s generation of Greek women
looks to “Vefa”, as she is affectionately
called, to assume that role for them. Now,
translated into English, you can learn the
secrets of authentic Greek home cooking from
his popular Greek cooking teacher.
Vefa Alexiadou is also a professional
chemist, and combines her practical
experience as a lifetime home cook with
scientific principles. Her recipes have the
true flavor of Greek home cooking. |
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Alexiadou Vefa Greek Pastries and Desserts |
Vefa Alexiadou
through her books and TV programs has taught
hundreds of thousands of Greek women their
heritage of traditional Greek cookery. Once
handed down verbally from mother to
daughter, today’s generation of Greek women
looks to “Vefa”, as she is affectionately
called, to assume that role for them. Now,
translated into English, you can learn the
secrets of authentic Greek home cooking from
his popular Greek cooking teacher.
Vefa Alexiadou is also a professional
chemist, and combines her practical
experience as a lifetime home cook with
scientific principles. Her recipes have the
true flavor of Greek home cooking. |
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Alexiadou Vefa
Sunny Mediterranean Cuisine |
Sunny
Mediterranean Cuisine
The recipes in this book utilise the
bountiful ingredients found in the sunny
Mediterranean of today. Most of the dishes
are in a traditonal vein, while others
represent either modern adaptions or
completely new ways of using "old" foods.
Vegans will appreciate the easy-to-preoare
vegetable, legume, pasta and soya dishes.
For those who believe a healthy diet should
also contain animal-derived protein, a large
number of fish and seafood recipes are
included. Also at the beginning of each
chapter you will find an introduction with
historical and nutritional information as
well as advises for using the ingredients
focused on that section.
This beautiful cookbook will be appreciated
by anyone seeking healthy alternatives for
the family diet.
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The Lenten
Collection |
Welcome to the
Lenten Collection! This book was published
at the suggestion of His Grace Bishop
Methodios of Boston with the hope that it
will be a helpful source and guide in the
preparation of Lenten meals. Proceeds from
the sale of this book will be used to
support the philanthropic ministries of the
Diocese of Boston.
To accommodate the various fasting periods
in the church calendar, this collection of
over 450 recipes includes strict-fast
recipes as well as choices for fasting days
which allow fish and dairy products. A Table
of Fasting Days (located on the following
page) is included as a guide for selecting
appropriate recipes for all types of fasting
days throughout the year.
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