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Greek cooking offers an incredibly rich and diverse array of foods and beverages that are the culmination of literally thousands of years of living, cooking, and eating. While each Greek meal is fresh and inviting, it is also a trip back through Greece's history.
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10 Stars & Celebs Pick Their Favorite Greek Foods !
At the first ever Los Angeles Greek Film Festival, stars and celebrities talked to Modern Day Goddess Cynthia Daddona (who hosts "Romancing the Table: a celebration of life, love and food") about their favorite Greek foods.
Cynthia was covering the festival for CelebrateGreece.com which just released a Greek Islands Destination Cooking Class video filmed on location in Santorini, Greece.
Who chose what?
Greek in Manhattan
Petros Restaurant 451 Manhattan Beach Blvd. Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 310.545.4100 I find Greek cuisine as one of the heartiest and healthiest food choices all around. And recently, one of our Greek friends just had her birthday and it was a no-brainer to check out Petros as it was just named "Top New Restaurant" by Zagat (and rightfully so).You can't eat while we fast
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,26343471-421,00.html?from=news+newsletter_rss&referrer=email&source=eDM_newspulse Parents say son was tormented for eating salami sandwich during Ramadan The Daily Telegraph November 13, 2009 12:01am Helen Grigoriou comforts her son Antonios who was allegedly beaten by Muslim students at his school. Picture: Jeff Herbert- Boy "chased, assaulted by Muslim students"
- Was eating salami during Ramadan
- Parents withdraw boy from the school
Easy Greek Salad
Since I'm making this for the third time this summer, I thought I would share this recipe.
From: http://www.mediterrasian.com
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1½ tablespoons lemon juice
1 clove garlic—minced (crushed)
½ teaspoon dried oregano
¼ teaspoon sea salt
¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, and extra for garnish
3 tomatoes—cut into wedges
¼ red onion—sliced into rings
½ cucumber—sliced into thick half-moons
½ green pepper (capsicum)—julienned
4 oz (120g) feta cheese—cut into small cubes
16 kalamata olives
PLACE the olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, salt, pepper and oregano in a small jar with a screw-top lid and shake to combine. PLACE the salad ingredients in a large bowl.
Roasted Plums With Greek Yogurt
If plums aren't available, pears are an easy alternative and with calories this low, go ahead and indulge in seconds! Serves: 4 Ingredients: Parchment paper 6 dark plums, halved and pitted 1 tbsp unsalted butter, melted 1 tbsp sugar 1/2 cup 2 percent Greek yogurt 2 tbsp hazelnuts, toasted in the oven at 375˚ for 7 minutes, chopped 2 tsp honey Directions: Heat oven to 375˚. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.Greek-Style Quinoa Salad
believe it was Quinoa that the celebrities were using as their “secret” to fitness. Well, hopefully we can look as good as them once we start eating like them!
Serves: 6; Prep Time: 20 Minutes ; Cook Time: 15 minutes
Ingredients:
1 cup quinoa
2 cups water
3 tbsp.
New site - MediterrAsian Cooking blog
A while back I posted a recipe for Easy Greek Salad - http://teamsugar.com/group/30207/recipes/365970 from the http://www.mediterrasian.com site. Today someone contacted me (see below) to let me know they launched a new site: http://www.mediterrasiancooking.com That will be updated regularly with lots of tasty and healthful Mediterranean and Asian recipes. :cheer: Since a lot of us enjoyed the Salad I thought I would pass along the site info.Chicken Littles & Easy Greek Salad
Tonight for dinner I made Jen's Chicken Littles and GirlC's Easy Greek Salad. Since I was fresh out of Chick-Fil-A Honey Roasted sauce, I just gave the chicken a quick squirt of lemon. The kids LOVED it and kept asking for more.Greece - What to Eat
Greece is a land of vibrant cuisine. It is food that is neither spicy nor bland, but rich in the flavors of the Mediterranean. It is comfort food in the truest sense of the word.
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