TOMATOES WITH TRAHANATrahana is cracked wheat that has been soaked in fermented milk. Originally it was used to preserve milk when there was excess production...
MELOMAKARONAThese are some of my favourite Greek sweets because of the mix of savoury olive oil and herbaceous thyme honey. We’ve been using one of...
POP-UP AT GSEAfter my last trip to Greece, I've come home ready to put on another pop-up restaurant. This one at Gertrude Street Enoteca. The pop-up's...
MAKING PHYLLO IN ATHENSOne of my aims on my recent trip to Greece was to learn how to make a good phyllo. I'm not good at doughs and pastries, I have trouble...
REMBETIKO THE POP-UPA Turkish friend got me to watch the movie Rembekio while I was working with him in Greece. When I saw it, I was totally amazed, obsessed...
GREEK DOUGHS IN CRETEDuring my recent trip to Crete, I took Jules Blum, another cook I've been working with in Melbourne, to meet Mariana Kavroulaki at her...
FORAGING IN SYROS Syros is one of the smallest Greek island in the Cyclades, in the Aegean. I came to Syros for the first time to meet Maria,...