On Saturday, January 15, I will give you a glimpse into the diet of the rich and poor of Constantinople in Komninoi times (11th – 12th century AD). The menu includes, among others: ~ Condyto: a spiced wine ~ Rabbit…
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In olden times people used to make special breads, at New Year, for the animals as well as for the family
In Mani, such bread is known as “tongue”, and is a crisp but very fragile fried dough in the shape of animal’s tongue, made of a thin batter. When the tongues are eaten by the family, they are dipped into…
SOME OF THE CHRISTMAS SYMBOLIC FOODS ARE FAVORITES AT ANY TIME OF THE YEAR
Just because Christmas is over doesn’t mean you can’t make those foods said to represent Christ’s swaddling clothes. On the contrary, they can be eaten with delight any time of the year. Cabbage leaves stuffed with a minced meat and…
GREEK CHRISTMAS IN MAGNA GRECIA, 1945
In December of 1945, four months after the end of the 2nd World war, a New Zealand military ship called Mataroa (“Woman with large eyes” in Maori) sailed from Piraeus to Taranto, carrying more than 150 young Greeks. From there…