Spring and summer wouldn’t be complete without the cool and creamy wonderfulness that is tzatziki (tzah-TZEE-kee). Forget ketchup and ranch dressing, it’s time to move on!
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Traditional Romanian Cabbage Rolls (Sarmale)
I recently carried out my first experiment fermenting whole cabbage heads. I did it solely to be able to make these cabbage rolls. I waited six weeks. Six whole weeks. That’s how good these are. (Psssstt… I have a shortcut if you’re in a hurry.)
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Quick & Easy Mizithra (Greek Ricotta)
I consider myself to be a fairly serious kitchen DIY-er. I enjoy learning about a food’s history and recreating it in my kitchen. But then there’s that whole time thing.
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Skordalia (Greek Garlic & Bread Dip)
I have known only one person in my life that has ever uttered the phrase “that’s too much garlic”. Yes, I’m still friends with them.
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Fava (Greek Yellow Split Pea Spread)
It is amazing what one can create in the world of food with only the simplest of ingredients. Proof again that complex, obscure, and expensive materials are not what makes a cook great.
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Homemade Traditional Mizithra Cheese
If you’re from the West Coast, you likely know about mizithra cheese from The Old Spaghetti Factory’s browned butter and mizithra cheese pasta (which is really good). What you may not know is that this cheese has a history that goes back thousands of years. That should tell you how easy it is to make if ancient Greeks could do so without modern kitchens!
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Cheesy Crab Dip with Artichokes & Greek Peperoncini
It’s the early 90s, Berkeley, Ca. I’m being treated to a nice dinner at Skates On The Bay, a surf-and-turf restaurant literally on the San Francisco Bay. We order the crab and artichoke dip with focaccia bread. I was hooked.
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Rosemary-Garlic Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
In case you hadn’t noticed, I like garlic. A lot. Like if it ever went extinct during my lifetime, I’m not sure that life would be worth living. Yeah, that much.
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Simple Roasted Peppers
Complex recipes have their place. Holidays, special events, a personal challenge. Not weeknight dinners.
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Pickled Banana Peppers
Who picked a peck of pickled peppers? I did! Except I honestly don’t know how much a peck is. I think it might be a lot.
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