Honey, Olives, Octopus Adventures at the Greek Table

Name: Honey, Olives, Octopus Adventures at the Greek Table
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ISBN: 9780520275096

ISBN-10: 0520275098

ISBN-13: 9780520275096

Edition: 2013

Authors: Christopher Bakken, Mollie Katzen

List price: $34.95

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Combining the best of memoir, travel literature, and food writing, Christopher Bakken delves into the most underappreciated cuisine in Europe in this rollicking celebration of the Greek table. He explores the traditions and history behind eight elements of Greek cuisine--olives, bread, fish, cheese, beans, wine, meat, and honey--and journeys through the country searching for the best examples of each. He picks olives on Thasos, bakes bread on Crete, eats Cycladic honey with one of Greece's greatest poets, and learns about the history of pasta on Chios. Working with local cooks and artisans, he offers an intimate look at traditional village life, while honoring the conversations,…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 3/26/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.00" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Prologue



Olives: The Throumbes of Thasos



Bread: The Prozymi of Kyria Konstandina



Fish: Tailing Barbounia



Cheese: The Stinky Cheeses of Naxos



Meat: Goats in the Ghost Towns of Chios



Beans: Chasing Chickpeas at Plati Yialï¿½s



Wine: Another Carafe at Prionia



Honey: The Thyme Honey of Aphrodite


Epilogue: At the Still in the Hills


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Index