Four weeks ago, we arrived back in Athens, after being gone for 3 months. This time I’ve brought several tons of olives and cheeses, herbs, books and I managed to forget half my clothes. What I miss while here: The…
FAVA STUFFED CYCLAMEN LEAVES
Fava occupies a special place in Greek diet since ancient times. In the past, it was the poor man’s meat and one of the basic Lenten dishes. During religious fasting periods amounts of this puree was consumed particularly in the…
LENTILS
Lentils are not only used as a staple food, but also as a design element. This is a table decorated with a lentil sprouts’ construction. Marie Claire (in Greek), July 2008, p. 229-30. Designer: Petros Mantouvalos.
The Fast before Christmas. The polysporia.
The period of forty days before Christmas is considered as a Fast, although not so strict as the pre- Easter one. Historically, the Fast before Christmas has been developed rather late. It was established in 1166, at the Council of…
Eating lupines
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lupinus_albus.JPG “For our best and daintiest cheer, Through the bright half of the year, Is but acorns, onions, peas, Ochros lupines, radishes, Yetches, wild pears nine or ten, With a locust now and then.’’ Athenaeus of Naucratis, The Deipnosophists,…