Honey, olives, octopus : adventures at the Greek table /

Combining the best of memoir, travel literature, and food writing, Christopher Bakken delves into one of the most under appreciated cuisines in Europe in this rollicking celebration of the Greek table. He explores the traditions and history behind eight elements of Greek cuisine-olives, bread, fish,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bakken, Christopher, 1967- (Author)
Other Authors: Katzen, Mollie, 1950- (Illustrator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Bakken, Christopher, > 1967-
Cooking, Greek.
Cuisine grecque.
COOKING > Regional & Ethnic > Greek.
COOKING > History.
Manners and customs.
Greece > Social life and customs.
Grèce > Mœurs et coutumes.
Greece.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1 Olives: The Throumbes of Thasos; 2 Bread: The Prozymi of Kyria Konstandina; 3 Fish: Tailing Barbounia; 4 Cheese: The Stinky Cheeses of Naxos; 5 Meat: Goats in the Ghost Towns of Chios; 6 Beans: Chasing Chickpeas at Plati Yialós; 7 Wine: Another Carafe at Prionia; 8 Honey: The Thyme Honey of Aphrodite; Epilogue: At the Still in the Hills; Sources; Index.

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