The Olive and the Caper: Adventures in Greek Cooking

About this book

This is the year "Its Greek to me" becomes the happy answer to whats for dinner. My Big Fat Greek Wedding the upcoming epic Troy the 2004 Summer Olympics returning to Athens--and now yet another reason to embrace all things Greek: The Olive and the Caper Susanna Hoffmans 700-plus-page serendipity of recipes and adventure. In Corfu Ms. Hoffman and a taverna owner cook shrimp fresh from the trap--and for us she offers the boldly-flavored Shrimp with Fennel Green Olives Red Onion and White Wine. She gathers wild greens and herbs with neighbors inspiring Big Beans with Thyme and Parsley and Field Greens and Ouzo Pie. She learns the secret to chewy country bread from the baker on Santorini and translates it for American kitchens. Including 325 recipes developed in collaboration with Victoria Wise (her co-author on The Well-Filled Tortilla Cookbook with over 258 000 copies in print) The Olive and the Caper celebrates all things Greek: Chicken Neo-Avgolemeno. Fall-off-the-bone Lamb Shanks seasoned with garlic thyme cinnamon and coriander. Siren-like sweets from world-renowned Baklava to uniquely Greek preserves: Rose Petal Cherry and Grappa Apricot and Metaxa. In addition it opens with a sixteen-page full-color section and has dozens of lively essays throughout the book--about the origins of Greek food about village life history language customs--making this a lively adventure in reading as well as cooking.