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The Greek Kitchen

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The Greek Kitchen offers a treasure trove of 75 authentic, delicious, home-cooking recipes. Featuring the region's hallmark ingredients—olive oil, bread, wine, figs, grapes, and cheese—the dishes reveal how Greece's rich cultural history of land and sea created the original Mediterranean cuisine. This stylish volume highlights the... Read More
Format: Hardback
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The Greek Kitchen

The very best and most iconic recipes from the global bestseller Greece: The Cookbook, collected in an elegant and easy-to-use new cookbook

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The Greek Kitchen offers a treasure trove of 75 authentic, delicious, home-cooking recipes. Featuring the region's hallmark ingredients—olive oil, bread, wine, figs, grapes, and cheese—the dishes reveal how Greece's rich cultural history of land and sea created the original Mediterranean cuisine. This stylish volume highlights the best and most beloved recipes from Greece: The Cookbook, by the grand dame of Greek cookery, Vefa Alexiadou.

Chapters on Mezedes, Soups & Salads, Vegetables, Legumes & Pasta, Fish & Shellfish, Meat, Pies & Breads, Cookies & Cakes, and Pastries & Candies showcase the breadth of Greek cooking. Easy-to-follow instructions and vibrant photography make this the perfect book for home cooks.

Spanning dishes such as Cuttlefish in Wine, Mixed Lamb Skewers, Chicken Souvlaki, and Spinach and Cheese Pie, as well as equally delicious and creative desserts, including Hazelnut Cake, Baklava, Kataifi Pastry Rolls, and Almond Pears, this enticing book invites readers around the world to experience Greece's joyful feast of food in their own homes.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781837291564

Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 28 January 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Phaidon Press Ltd

Illustration: 75 Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 189.0mm

Height: 246.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 192

About the Author

Vefa Alexiadou was the leading authority on Greek cookery. A bestselling author of thirteen cookbooks in Greece, she also had her own television series and regularly wrote articles for magazines and gave lectures and demonstrations on Greek recipes. She served on the board of the Centre for the Preservation of Traditional Greek Gastronomy. In 2009 she published Vefa's Kitchen with Phaidon (also released in 2017 as Greece: The Cookbook), to great critical acclaim.

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