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The Country Cooking of Greece captures all the glory and diversity of Greek cuisine in one magnum opus from Greece's greatest culinary authority, Diane Kochilas. More than 250 recipes were drawn from every corner of Greece, from rustic tavernas, Kochilas' renowned cooking school, and the local artisans and village cooperatives that produce olive oil and handmade pasta. More than 150 color photographs and vivid sidebars bring to life Greece's unique and historical food culture. Seventeen chapters organized by ingredients such as lamb, herbs, artichokes, and cheese touch down all over Greece's dramatic geography of mountains, coastal lands, and fertile alluvial plains. A cookbook like no other, this ingredient-driven volume at once meets a growing interest in Greek cooking and serves as a homecoming for all those of Greek descent.
About the Author
Diane Kochilas was born in New York City and has divided her time between NY, Athens, and her family's ancestral island, Ikaria, where she and her husband, Vasilis Stenos, run the Glorious Greek Kitchen cooking school. She has written 18 books on Greek cuisine. Her latest book, The Country Cooking of Greece (Chronicle), was hailed by the Virtual Gourmet (John Mariani) as her masterpiece and the best cookbook of 2012. Another tome, the Glorious Foods of Greece (William Morrow), won the prestigious IACP Jane Grigson Award for Excellence in Research.Diane is consulting chef for two of New York's most highly regarded Greek restaurants, Pylos and Boukiés, as well as for Axia in New Jersey and Avli outside Chicago. She works with Harvard University as well as other top university dining services to help create healthy Greek menu options for the undergraduate student body. Currently, she is hosting her own television show, in Greek, called "What Are We Going to Have for Dinner Tonight, Mom?" which airs in Cyprus and Greece. For 20 years she was the food columnist and "most feared" restaurant critic in Athens Greece, where she worked for the country's largest daily newspaper, Ta Nea.
