Food and Wine
Rosemary Barron Flavours of Greece (Grub Street, UK). Probably the leading cookbook among many contenders, by an internationally recognized authority on Greek cuisine. Contains over 250 recipes. Andrew Dalby Siren Feasts (Routledge). Subtitled A History of Food and Gastronomy in Greece , this analysis of ancient texts demonstrates just how little Greek cuisine has changed in three millennia; also excellent on the introduction and etymology of common vegetables and herbs. Alan Davidson Mediterranean Seafood (Penguin, o/p). A 1972 classic, periodically reprinted, this amazingly erudite and witty book catalogues (almost) all known edible species, complete with legends, anecdotes, habits, local names and a suggested recipe or two for each. James Davidson Courtesans and Fishcakes (HarperCollins, UK). The politics, class characteristics and etiquette of consumption and consummation - with wine, women, boys and seafood - in ancient Athens, with their bearing on both historical events and modern attitudes. Nico Manessis The Illustrated Greek Wine Book (Olive Press Publications, Corfu; available at select retailers in Greece or through www.greekwineguide.gr ). Covers almost all the wineries, from mass-market to micro, with very reliable ratings; also fascinating features on grape varieties, traditional retsina-making, and even how Greeks were instrumental in introducing vines to the New World. Pricey but worth it. Nikos Stavroulakis Cookbook of the Jews of Greece (Lycabettus Press, Athens; Cadmus Press, US). Tasty recipes interspersed with their relation to the Jewish liturgical year, plus potted histories of the communities which produced them. There have been murmurings, however, that many of the recipes emanate from one subgroup - the ex-Jewish Ma'min of Thessaloniki. 300 Traditional Greek Recipes (Grecocard, Greece). As it says; the best of a huge pile of glossy pictorial cookbooks pitched at the tourist market.
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