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Our First Olive Oil: Technology Leads to a New Tradition
An innovative, compact olive press helps a Greek cook do the unthinkable: make her island's only truly local olive oil
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An innovative, compact olive press helps a Greek cook do the unthinkable: make her island's only truly local olive oil
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Celebrate New Year's the Greek way with vassilopita, a cake made with almonds, orange, and a lucky coin
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Cornbread's home isn't just south of the Mason-Dixon line; it's also south of the Alps. Two recipes from Greece and Italy.
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Despite language barriers, a cook's trip to one of Musa Dağdeviren's restaurants reveals a shared approach to cooking
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With recipes like Indian Pudding and quince braised with honey and wine, Seasonal Fruit Desserts will win over even chocoholics
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A visit to Santorini's Selene, which ranks among the world's most spectacular restaurants
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Saddled with unripe, seemingly useless grapes, a cook looks to medieval times and the Middle East for a solution
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Tomatoes are ubiquitous in Greece, but they arrived only in the 1800s. How did these "golden apples" become so prized?
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Moussaka, like other "traditional" Greek dishes, was created only in the 1900s. The history of an iconic food. Slide Show
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Love it or hate it, fenugreek is ubiquitous, and it makes a mean Yemeni hot sauce—if you can handle smelling very sweet
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When TV producers approach a Greek cook in search of bizarre dishes, she directs them to a poisonous fish. Nothing like battered and fried "she-dragon."
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A spring crop of vegetables connects a Greek islander to her ancestors—and a trove of recipes. Slide Show
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100 semi-finalists, one Italian palace, a crowd of onlookers, and lots of basil and cheese. The Pesto World Championship had all the right ingredients. Slide Show
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Sephardic huevos haminados, dyed with onions and served on the Sabbath, are a favorite of Ukrainian bunnies. Slide Show
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Not every dessert is frivolous. In Greece, if a woman threatens not to make kollyva for you after you die, she means business. Slide Show
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That man cutting nettles by the sidewalk? He might be foraging horta, a pillar of Greek cuisine. SLIDE SHOW I
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On the author's island, January brings lush green bounty—as well as meatballs and potato pie. SLIDE SHOW I
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Greece is short on traditions in honor of the holiday, but it has two memorable Yuletide desserts. SLIDE SHOW I
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Americans think of it as just a pie filling, but in Greece it's an ingredient in much more. RECIPES I
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Michael Psilakis' new cookbook is structured like a memoir but has guides for making a range of regional dishes.
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