Kokoretsi on charcoal but not on the spit – The agony and ecstasy of the grill

Summary  This is a post about kokoretsi, the offal delicacy, grilled on charcoal. The challenge is that on this occasion

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First day of the year 2016 – Lunch

  The day started with snow on the ground and the trees, the bushes, the table, the umbrella, and so

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A lamb offal dish for daring souls

Spring time is a good time to cook dishes with lamb offal. I buy lamb which less than one year

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Foies Gras de Canard (Anne Roze) – Boudin Noir (Christian Parra)

This post does not have many words The protagonists of the post speak for themselves. I will introduce them and

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Festive Lunch – 1st January 2015 – Marathon, Attica, Greece

Today I rejoice the passage of time, culminating in the coming of the new year.   There is no better

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Vegetables from Marathon Greece, and more…

“Gastronomy begins in the (market) stalls” old saying In the middle of Greek winter, and as we are bracing ourselves

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Bacalao the Magnificent

        A selection of some of the best bacalao dishes I have tasted, published as a photo

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Vive le terroir! Family reunion dinner in Marathon, Greece

Terroir is a concept almost untranslatable, combining soil, weather, region and notions of authenticity, of genuineness and particularity — of

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Skate the Magnificent – Σαλαχι το Μεγαλοπρεπες

Today I pay tribute to Skate the Magnificent! And enjoy it cooked in two ways. Poached and served as a

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Stuffed tomatoes and peppers with minced meat and pig’s skin – Ντοματες και πιπεριες γεμιστες με κιμα

Some time ago I wrote about a dish that is highly satisfying: peppers stuffed with rice. Today I write about

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