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Greek cuisine is known for its diversity and quality, and is considered one of the most popular cuisines of the Mediterranean. Wheat and its products, olive trees and olive oil, milk, vegetables, fruits, meat and fish has formed the basis of the Greek diet, from antiquity until our modern times. Greeks are regarded as gourmands;therefore food, by tradition, holds a prominent place in their daily lives. The Greek traditional cuisine covers a wide variety of tasty dishes, ptoduced with fresh and healthy ingredients that originate from the Greek land.

The Cretan diet is the ultimate model of the Mediterranean diet. Since ancient times, it was considered the ideal diet for the longevity and good health of the Cretans. Thus, the people of Crete have kept all these succesful dietary habits, always consuming the precious products that their blessed soil offers to them. In recent years the Cretan diet in correlation with the Cretan's excellent physical health, became the target of a worldwide interest. Many scientists started researching and eventually publishing their findings in scientific journals.The results concurres: th...

Now available is Tassia Dendrinou's book, introducing recipes from the Greek cuisine and including a special feature on Kefalonia, the natural beauty of the island, its traditional produce and local recipes. Apart from the recipes the book includes many photographs of the island, taken by photographer Michael Kouvidis. As the author herself points out in the introduction to the book, «...In my opinion cooking, apart from some basic rules, is all about love, imagination and soul. To me, a home is not a place filled with beautiful furniture and rich carpets, it is a place...

Η Εύη Βουτσινά, που εδώ και δώδεκα τουλάχιστον χρόνια γυρίζει ολόκληρη την Ελλάδα καταγράφοντας το γαστρονομικό της πολιτισμό, με το βιβλίο αυτό επιστρέφει στις ρίζες της. Η αναζήτησή της δεν περιορίζεται σε συνταγές. Την ενδιαφέρουν οι τεχνικές παρασκευής των φαγητών, οι ανθρώπινες συνθήκες κι όλα εκείνα τα «μικρά» που χαρίζουν σε κάθε παρασκεύασμα τη χαρακτηριστική του γεύση, όλα εκείνα που συνθέτουν το ήθος των φαγητών. Εντέλει, συλλέγοντας συνταγές αλλά και ιστορίες γύρω από αυτές, η Εύη Βουτσινά εργάζεται σαν λαογράφος: στα βιβλία της πρωταγωνιστούν οι κύκλοι του χρ...

[...] Into the pages of this book you'll get to know some of the tastiest, the most aromatic and characteristic recipes from each corner of the Greek territory. The recipes are selected in such a way that they are easy in their execution. The quantity of the ingredients is calculated for 4 to 6 persons. Even traditional, these recipes are adapted in nowadays and correspond in the tasteful requirements of the modern consumer. Good appetite! (από τον πρόλογο του βιβλίου)

"About Greece" will help you discover, get acquainted with and live all the aspects of Greece.

[...] Modern Cretans feel the urge to share their secrets of life with the world. Besides their history and culture, they are also willing to share with people their prized cultural heritage known as Cretan Diet. Cretans would like to let the world know of a gigantic effort taking place on the island to preserve traditional values and nutritional customs, in spite of the influx of promotional activities favouring foreign nutritional habits, mainly that of fast food. Cretan producers and local processing, packaging, and marketing companies warrant that all Cretan products ar...

The Mediterranean diet is today by common confession one of the most healthy nutritional choices. Modern nutritionists have for years now confirmed the relationship between the Mediterranean diet and the excellent health of those who follow it. Although the term "Mediterranean diet" covers a number of countries in the Mediterranean basin, research has found that the island of Crete provides the most characteristic example of the Mediterranean diet. This book attempts, through the island's most authentic dishes, to take us on a journey to the wonderful world of traditional C...

Η μαστίχα, το μπαχαρικό που προέρχεται από την αρωματική ρητίνη ενός δέντρου που ανήκει στην οικογένεια Pistachiaa lentiscus, είναι σε μεγάλο βαθμό ανεξερεύνητο σε όλη σχεδόν τη Μεσόγειο, εκτός από την Ελλάδα αλλά και στις ανατολικές ακτές του Αιγαίου. Παρ' όλα αυτά, αποτελεί ένα από τα αρχαιότερα μπαχαρικά στον κόσμο, γνωστό από την αρχαιότητα όχι μόνο νια το μεθυστικό του άρωμα αλλά και νια τις θεραπευτικές του ιδιότητες. Όταν με προσέγγισε το mastlhashop για να γράψω ένα βιβλίο συνταγών προκειμένου να αποδείξω εμπράκτως την προσαρμοστικότητα και τις πολλαπλές χρήσεις τη...

"Mediterranean Goes Raw" is a new book about raw eating with Mediterranean taste Original Greek recipes. 175 recipes and 100 photos of delicious raw food plates!

Cooking with Wine is your passport to the world of wine and food. The book goes beyond suggesting wines to accompany dishes, pushing this pairing into another realm; the realm of wine as a complement to ingredients in the pot as well as in the plate. "Glass to plate, plate to glass, the delicate balance of flavors, alternately competing and complementary, make this a fascinating game. The endless quest for the perfect pairing of nature's essences extends beyond borders and cultures. Wine has been used in cooking since antiquity, and was probably one of humankind's first gas...

Γράφοντας, φωτογραφίζοντας και σχεδιάζοντας αυτό το "365" έμεινε σε όλους μας η επίγευση ενός συναρπαστικού γαστρονομικού ταξιδιού το οποίο έχει ένα και μόνο τελικό προορισμό: την καρδιά της ελληνικής γεύσης! Η τοπική ελληνική κουζίνα και γαστρονομία αποτελεί μέρος ενός αυθεντικού πολιτισμού· ενός πολιτισμού που επικεντρώνεται στην αξιοποίηση συγκεκριμένης διατροφικής κουλτούρας, που είναι άμεσα δεμένη με τα τοπικά προϊόντα, τη γεωγραφία, το κλίμα και τους ανθρώπους. Η ανάδειξη των τοπικών κουζινών είναι μια σχετικά σύγχρονη τάση της παγκόσμιας γαστρονομίας, η οποία μ...

This book contains something precious: authentic flavours and beautiful memories. It presents traditional recipes, many of which come straight from the handwritten recipe notebooks of the housewives that were called in the past "Notes for savory dishes and desserts"; recipes faded out by time yet full of tradition, class and enthusiasm for cooking and confectionery: all the features that characterize original Cephalonian cuisine. Apart from the chosen recipes, this specific edition also includes important information on the local customs, the nutritional habits of Cep...

Die Uberlieferte Griechische Kuche 1st nicht ein weiteres konventionelles Buch uber die traditionelle Kuche. Die 76 Rezepte, die hier vorgestellt werden, sind das Ergebnis einer langfristigen Studie mit dem Kriterium der Authentizitat sowohl der Materialien als auch der Zubereitungsart. Diese Rezepte warden aus dem gesamten Griechenland zusammengetragen. Einige erinnern uns auch an das Griechentum ausserhalb unseres Landes. In vielen Fallen haben wir auf eine zeitgemasse Prasentation der traditionellen griechischen Gerichte geachtet, um zu zeigen, dass unsere gastronomische...

La Tradicion de la Cocina Griega no es otro simple y convencional libra de cocina. Las 76 recetas que se presentan en este libra han sido escogidas despues de un largo periodo de investigacion, basado en los criterios de autenticidad tanto de los productos utilizados como de las tecnicas de preparacion. Estas recetas provienen de todas las regiones de Grecia, sin embargo, algunas de ellas nos hacen recorder los sabores de los pueblos Helenicos que se encuentran mas alia de nuestras fronteras. En muchos casos, tuvimos un cuidado especial para dar una presentacion moderna a l...

200 recipes from Greek cookery, the most characteristic and perhaps the most exemplary expression of the celebrated and well-known Mediterranean Diet. Traditional dishes based on the purest ingredients from the Greek countryside constitute and propound a system of nutrition which is ideal for the ensuring of good health and longevity. Fresh vegetables, wild greens, pulses, fish, local meat, pure dairy products and fruit predominate on the Greek table, in combinations which have remained invariable and unchanged over the centuries. The basic ingredient of these delicious d...

The book Cretan Healthy Diet: Truths and Secrets, constitutes a guide for supreme quality living. It is an effort to introduce the reader to Cretan cuisine and its secrets. Secrets that promise health and longevity "hidden" for thousands of years behind the shining golden olive oil, the ruby red wine, the deep yellow honey, the bright green vegetables, the colourful fruits and aromatic herbs. [...]

-Places, people & products -Volcano infused tastes... -Easy and fast recipes -Wine and winery -Top traditional products and where you can find them -Restaurants

-The culture of the cretan cuisine -Home cooking & traditions -Easy and fast recipes -Cretan nutrition & mediterranean diet -Shopping & market -Culinary terms used in Crete

[...] However, the original recipes took my mother forever to do, so I thought, why not bring tradition up-to-date. And this is what I did, being very careful not to change the tastes but to be able to preserve the original flavor of every recipe. The culinary result was fantastic. Hence, I decided to publish my families treasures and to give the opportunity to all of you that love Greek food, to take the taste, aroma and spirit of Greece with you. The recipes that follow, even though very easy and fast to do, they have lost nothing from their original traditional way. [......