Following on from the hugely successful SBS television series 'Lyndey & Blair's Taste of Greece' comes the accompanying book, which celebrates the cuisine, culture and beautifully undiscovered land of the Peloponnese.While the cuisine of this area has a starring role, the historic heart of Greece is not overlooked as ancient sites are explored with an adventurous edge, full of humour and insight. Cuisine highlights include sheep's milk yoghurt in Athens; vineyard tour and tasting at Gaia Winery as well as a wonderful goat dish to sample; cooking the freshest squid, barbounia and sea bass on the beach at Vivari; Karonis' ouzo distillery tour, tasting and learning about food and ouzo matching; traditional stuffed eggplant Papoutsakia in Leonidio; visiting bee hives on Kythira; eating hunks of roast pork cleavered from whole pigs at the gypsy market in Messine, cooking local fish recipes atDimitris Taverna in Stoupa; and the world's best chocolate covered figs in Kalamata. The book is filled with beautiful location photography and contains over 80 delectable recipes, which are sure to inspire.
- ISBN10 1742702708
- ISBN13 9781742702704
- Publish Date 1 April 2012
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 15 June 2021
- Publish Country AU
- Imprint Hardie Grant Books
- Format Paperback
- Pages 192
- Language English