Telemachus Art Grill: A meat eater’s dream in Kifissia, near Athens, Greece

Telemachus was the son of Ulysses. George and Kostas Tsiligiris are the grandsons of Telemachus Tsiligiris, the best butcher the

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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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Greek Easter 2013: An Enquiry into the taste of Meat – Ελληνικο Πασχα 2013: Διερευνηση της γευσεως του κρεατος

Το φετεινο Πασχα το περασα στους Ωρεους Ευβοιας, μαζι με τα αγαπημενα μου ξαδερφια και ανηψια. Καθε Πασχα ειναι μια

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The Restaurant of St John Hotel Chinatown, 1 Leicester Street, London

During my recent visit to London (October 2012) I had the opportunity to visit the restaurant in the St John

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Lunch in Marathon: Pork chops – Lamb offal (Gardoumbes) – Aubergines

Among other things, I have recently moved out of the metropolitan area of Athens to the hills overlooking Marathon, some

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Beef Kidneys with porcini mushrooms, and red cabbage and cauliflower puree

This is the result of falling half asleep on the morning flight to Athens and then rushing to the hypermarket

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