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Category Archives: Greek food
Krasi – Meze & Wine
One of my favorite haunts for food and wine is Eataly Boston. It has excellent selections of some of my favorite Italian foods. It’s a large store, and it is often crowded, so as one who despises crowds (even BEFORE … Continue reading
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Grilled Octopus for Lunch, Briam for Dinner
This is another post in an abbreviated form, so you can gain the essence of the experience quickly and extract what is useful to you. Lunch was Grilled Octopus, combined with white beans, red onion, rouille, and flying fish roe … Continue reading
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The Elegance of Canned Tuna Salad
StarKist and Chicken of the Sea may be the most popular brands of canned tuna fish, but any resemblance between them and really good tuna is purely coincidental. If you want to make a truly delicious tuna salad, then I … Continue reading
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Briam and Pan-Roasted Salmon
Roasted vegetables are always a treat, and an easy meal is one of those dishes with a piece of fish. A couple of nights ago, I chose Briam (or Briami), a Greek dish of Mediterranean vegetables, along with a small … Continue reading
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New Year and Some New Dishes
Today was a fine day for inventing a new dish for lunch and for trying out two recipes I had never attempted before, for dinner. Lunch was inspired by available elements of past, present, and future salads. Favorite tools played … Continue reading
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Cianfotta (A Neapolitan Version of Ratatouille)
Summer is coming soon (at least in this hemisphere). That means the arrival of great fresh vegetables, which for me, often get celebrated by making one of the amazing European roasted vegetable dishes. Among my favorites are: France: Tian/Ratatouille. https://dgourmac.wordpress.com/2013/09/05/from-the-sublime-to-the-ridiculous/ … Continue reading
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Octopus, Revisited — or Harold McGee, I Love You.
I’ve written about Octopus 18 times in the past 8 years. I think that’s some indication of its importance to me in a culinary sense. Two years ago, I wrote that I Finally Learned How to Cook Octopus. Within … Continue reading
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Ikarian Baked Vegetables, Improved
We’ve been reading and cooking with the book, Blue Zones Kitchen. It’s interesting reading, contains some good recipes, and it fits well with all we have learned about healthy food and lifestyles in the past 10 years and more. We … Continue reading
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Take Walks, and Eat Leftovers
Sanity these days requires exercise during these crazy, buttoned-up times. Fortunately, walking along the country road on which we live is accessible, scenic and safe. Barbara and I often go together during the walk, covering a mile or a little … Continue reading
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The Next-to-Last Meal from the Spanish Octopus — Greek-Style
Lunch on Friday was a simpler affair with my friend, the octopus. I decided to minimize the cooking, so I did what one might do for lunch in Greece, with these tentacles on hand. I gathered up typical side dishes … Continue reading
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