Honey, Olives, Octopus (eBook)

Adventures at the Greek Table

Christopher Bakken (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2013
256 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-95446-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Combining the best of memoir, travel literature, and food writing, Christopher Bakken delves into one of the most underappreciated cuisines 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 thyme honey from Kythira with one of Greece's greatest poets, and learns why Naxos is the best place for cheese in the Cyclades. Working with local cooks and artisans, he offers an intimate look at traditional village life, while honoring the conversations, friendships, and leisurely ceremonies of dining around which Hellenic culture has revolved for thousands of years. A hymn to slow food and to seasonal and sustainable cuisine, Honey, Olives, Octopus is a lyrical celebration of Greece, where such concepts have always been a simple part of living and eating well.

Inhalt

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments

Prologue

1. Olives: The Throumbes of Thasos
2. Bread: The Prozymi of Kyria Konstandina
3. Fish: Tailing Barbounia
4. Cheese: The Stinky Cheeses of Naxos
5. Meat: Goats in the Ghost Towns of Chios
6. Beans: Chasing Chickpeas at Plati Yialós
7. Wine: Another Carafe at Prionia
8. Honey: The Thyme Honey of Aphrodite

Epilogue: At the Still in the Hills

Sources
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.3.2013
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Essen / Trinken ► Länderküchen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Schlagworte: Baklava • cheese of naxos • coffee table books • common greek foods • Culinary • Culture and Food • engaging • farm to table greek cuisine • food cookbooks • food wine • Greece travel guide • greek cookbook • Greek cooking • Greek cuisine • Greek Culture • greek food and wine pairings • greek island books • Greek poetry • greek summer dishes • greek table • Hummus • local greek foods • Mediterranean Cuisine • Mediterranean Diet • mediterranean fish • Pita • politics and food • recipes for quarantine • sustainable cuisine • Tapenade
• ISBN-10: 0-520-95446-7 / 0520954467
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-95446-5 / 9780520954465