Honey, olives, octopus : adventures at the Greek table / Christopher Bakken; illustrations by Mollie Katzen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bakken, Christopher, 1967-

Contributor:

Katzen, Mollie, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bakken, Christopher, 1967-.

Bakken, Christopher.

Cooking, Greek.

Greece--Social life and customs.

Greece.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Combining the best of memoir, travel literature, and food writing, Christopher Bakken delves into one of the most underappreciated 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, cheese, beans, wine, meat, and honey-and journeys through the country searching for the best examples of each. He picks olives on Thasos, bakes bread on Crete, eats thyme honey from Kythira with one of Greece's greatest poets, and learns why Naxos is the best place for cheese in the Cyclades. Working with local cooks and artisans, he offers an intimate look at traditional village life, while honoring the conversations, friendships, and leisurely ceremonies of dining around which Hellenic culture has revolved for thousands of years. A hymn to slow food and to seasonal and sustainable cuisine, Honey, Olives, Octopus is a lyrical celebration of Greece, where such concepts have always been a simple part of living and eating well.

Contents:

Frontmatter

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: Th e Thyme Honey of Aphrodite

Epilogue: At the Still in the Hills

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

0-520-95446-7

OCLC:

827207386