November sowning seeds. Manuscript, 1346, Vatopedi monastery Religious rituals and symbolic practices in which food is used to secure the future harvest are still important in Greece. Their parallels are found in very ancient times, when fertility and food security…
BEST THING ON A COLD NIGHT: TRACHANA SOUP
Cold nights call for a warm bowl of trachanas soup, rich and satisfying. Trachanas, as many of you know, is cracked wheat or flour dried with yogurt, or milk (regular fresh or fermented) or vegetable pulp. Cracked barley can be used instead of wheat, it…
CHRISTMAS FOOD TRADITIONS IN ASIA MINOR
“On Christmas Eve, the women who had lost loved ones made 3 breads, baked them and censed them on behalf of the soul of the dead. The same night they boiled beef and cooked rice pilav. Very early in the morning- the church…