History of Greek Food

A buffet or Greek food history & food stories

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POMEGRANATES

The poem: THE MAD POMEGRANATE TREE In these all-white courtyards where the south wind blows Whistling through vaulted arcades, tell me, is it the mad pomegranate treeThat leaps in the light, scattering its fruitful laughterWith windy wilfulness and whispering, tell…

historyofgreekfood13 November 2012 Chicken romania, Fruit, Greek food, Liber de Coquina, liquor, Odysseus Elytis, pekmez, petimezi, poetry, pomegranate, pomegranate syrup, syrup No Comments

Ovens

And from a peculiar way of baking or roasting it, there is a loaf called ipnites (or the oven loaf) which Timocles mentions in his Sham Robbers, where he says — And seeing there a tray before me full of…

historyofgreekfood26 May 2012 baking, bread, Greek food, oven No Comments

BUY GREEK (?) PRODUCTS….

A citizens’ group, called “We consume what we produce” and a “buy Greek products” movement seek to promote the consumption of Greek products increasing the awareness of consumers, who are considered as the most direct power to support Greek economy.…

historyofgreekfood28 February 2012 buy Greek products, foreign firms in Greece, Greek crisis, Greek food, Greek products, We consume what we produce No Comments

A TASTE OF ANCIENT GREECE

On the 15th of December, I explored at Avocado Vegan Restaurant some appetizing vegetarian dishes relying primarily on the writings of Athenaeus. Though established centuries before the introduction of the tomato, pepper, potato and eggplant, ancient Greek everyday food depended on…

historyofgreekfood18 December 2011 ancient Greek cuisine, ancient taste for modern palate, Avocado, food history events, Greek Culinary History and Cooking adventures, Greek food 2 Comments

PUMPKIN RECIPES with a twist

Pumpkins. Curcubitae!!!Round, oblong, or violin-shaped, yellow, orange, yellow-green, green, smooth or grooved pumpkins. There are many varieties, from mini to maxi. One of them, Lagenaria siceraria (bottle gourd), was widely grown in Greece from ancient times for its use as…

historyofgreekfood8 December 2011 anchovy, dessert, fish, Greek food, pastry, pastry filled with pumpkin custard, pumpkin, pumpkin and fish, squash recipes, Trigona Panoramatos, vegetables 2 Comments