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Maintenance Issues
My husband, Dewey, and I have a kitchen full of copper pots and pans. We also have cast iron, stainless steel and the ever-useful non-stick omelet pan. Thanks to Dewey’s passionate searching of TJMaxx stores everywhere we travel, we have some of the best hand-crafted French copper cookware that he found at greatly discounted prices.…
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GrecoSoCo Flavor Bomb Burger
My husband, Dewey, loves a good burger! And who doesn’t? Recently, in an effort to have my burger and eat it too (in a low-carb fashion) I removed the buns, ketchup and mayonnaise and blended the burger with my Greek Heritage Cooking Horiatiki Salata, a.k.a. Greek salad. And this is how the latest GrecoSoCo recipe…
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GrecoSoCo Salmon Croquettes & Briam
The GrecoSoCo cooking journey continues. You may remember (from earlier posts) that I often blend my Southern husband’s traditional recipes with the Greek methods that I grew up with. Sometimes I combine two traditional recipes, one from Dewey’s family and one from mine. It’s a beautifully paired combination of the physically and culturally different…
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Greek Summertime Eating
In my family, this is a traditional summertime dinner or weekend lunch. It’s a bit of a unique combination, but it’s satisfying and quite delicious. We call this Burned Butter Pasta & Greek Salad. Stay tuned, please. My mother prepared this once a week during my years growing up in Australia. As Greek immigrants, we…
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Spinach Quiche Puff Soufflé Thingy
If I’d said it out loud, you would have turned your head, right? Spinach Quiche Puff Souffle Thingy. That’s right! We know the classic quiche makes for an easy breakfast, brunch, lunch and even dinner. Paired with a green salad, it’s full of nutrition and pleasing savory flavor. We also know the classic souffle, which…
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Down Under Cocktail Food
Eating sausage rolls at the bus exchange in Canberra after school is one of the warmest food memories of my life in Australia. My sister, Antonia, and I have arrived at the central bus depot and have to wait for the bus that will take us to the hospital where we will visit our mother,…
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A Salad for All Seasons
Lentil salad, YES! Macaroni salad, NO! Instead of cooking tasteless pasta to mix with tasty vegetables, aromatics and a tangy dressing, how about cooking up nutrient-dense lentils? They work for vegans, vegetarians, pescatarians and omnivores. Lentils taste good with just about anything and they cook up in the time it takes to chop a few…
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The Big Kahuna of Aioli
We all know about the Big Kahuna, but the Big Aioli? What gives? Well, the Big (Grand) Aioli refers to the Big Enchilada of garlic sauces. It’s about the most garlic-laden mayonnaise that you’ve ever had, and all of the accompanying items that transform it from a mere dip or sandwich spread to a thoroughly…
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Tortilla Espanola–the Queen of Tapas
In Spanish, torta means cake. Tortilla means little cake. In Mexico it means, well, what we know as tortilla, a round flat grilled disk of dough. But we are in Spain, and this is the Spanish tortilla. And it’s incredibly delicious. As I understand it, this traditional tapas dish is the equivalent in Spain of…
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Greens Goodness! Greek Greens & Beans
Inspired by the wild greens foraging all over Greece, this is a typical seasonal dish. You go for a hike with a small knife and a large bag and collect whatever’s growing in the wild. When you get home, you look at what’s growing in your garden and what you’ve accumulated in your pantry, and…
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the digital alias of Despina Panagakos Yeargin
