Sea Urchin Egg Risotto: a dish by Lefteris Lazarou – Ριζότο με αυγά αχινού: ένα πιάτο του Λευτέρη Λαζάρου

Η καλή μαγειρική είναι εκείνη που στοχεύει σε κάτι που το ξέρει καλά  και το πετυχαίνει πάντα. Καλή μαγειρική είναι

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Bistro 18, Vilnius, Lithuania

I visited Vilnius for a meeting some time ago and had lunch at a wonderful place, “Bistro 18” in the

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Home smoked pork shank – Σπιτικό Καπνιστό Χοιρινό Κότσι

Today’s post is about home smoking pork shanks. Smoking foods is not widespread in Greece, and until today I have

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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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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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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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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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Wilks Restaurant, Bristol upon Avon, United Kingdom

“Britain was a major player in the transatlantic slave trade. British ships carried 2,600,000 enslaved Africans in the 18th century

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Crispy Stuffed Zucchini Flowers

With considerable delay, I publish today one of the absolute delicacies: crispy stuffed zucchini flowers. It is November, Christmas is

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