Athens - by Diane Kochilas (Hardcover)

About the Book

"Diane has lived in Athens for thirty years and has been witness to the enormous social and culinary changes all around her. To navigate the city's gastronomic scene today is to discover a city overflowing with new creative energy in its kitchens and myriad of international ingredients in its markets. These new global influences on the Athenian table live side by side with Greece's great gastronomic traditions. Souvlaki, hand pies, and the classic pasta casserole pastitsio are included here along with Athenian 'fancy' dishes like noua, a classic Athenian pot roast, and chicken Milanese, combining chicken, rice, and a velvety cream sauce. Giving readers a taste of the ways in which the culinary traditions of other countries are shaping the way Athens eats today, Diane offers a recipe for a French-influenced cross between a croissant and spanakopita, shares an Italian twist on a Greek classic with shrimp saganaki risotto, updates a Greek bean dish with a Grec-Mex twist on gigantes, and much more"--

Book Synopsis

New York Times bestselling author Diane Kochilas's latest cookbook, with 150 recipes, explores all of the greatest dishes from Greece's most-visited city.

Everyone's favorite Greek chef, Diane Kochilas, is back with a cookbook dedicated to exploring the food of Athens. Diane has lived in Athens for thirty years and has been witness to the enormous social and culinary changes all around her. To navigate the city's gastronomic scene today is to discover a city overflowing with new creative energy in its kitchens and myriad of international ingredients in its markets. These new global influences on the Athenian table live side by side with Greece's great gastronomic traditions. Souvlaki, hand pies, and the classic pasta casserole pastitsio are included here along with Athenian "fancy" dishes like Noua, a classic Athenian pot roast, and Chicken Milanese, combining chicken, rice, and a velvety cream sauce. Giving readers a taste of the ways in which the culinary traditions of other countries are shaping the way Athens eats today, Diane offers a recipe for a French-influenced cross between a croissant and spanakopita, shares an Italian twist on a Greek classic with Shrimp Saganaki Risotto, updates a Greek bean dish with a Grec-Mex twist on gigantes, and much more. As with all of Diane's other books, the recipes in Athens are home-cook friendly. So, bring a taste of today's Athenian table to your home with Athens: Food, Stories, Love.

Review Quotes

Kochilas's (The Ikaria Way) latest informative and entertaining cookbook is a culinary love letter to her adopted city of Athens...the result is one part culinary memoir, one part travel guide, and one part indispensable collection of recipes, the combination of which will appeal to curious cooks and armchair travelers alike. An entrancing and exuberant introduction to the city of Athens and its cuisine." - Library Journal (starred review)

About the Author

DIANE KOCHILAS, celebrity chef, award-winning and bestselling cookbook author, and cooking school owner, has been at the forefront of bringing healthy, delicious Greek cuisine to a wide international audience for many years. She is the host and co-executive producer of My Greek Table, a 13-part cooking-travel series about Greece and Greek cuisine airing nationally on Public Television. She runs the Glorious Greek Cooking School on her native island, Ikaria.