Sunny Mediterranean menu

Recipes

• Saganaki

  In Greek restaurants the world over, this spectacular fried-cheese meze, or appetizer, is flamed at the table with shouts of...

• Taramasalata

  Tarama is carp roe that has been dyed red to approximate the colour of the original mullet roe, now prohibitively expensive....

• Tzatziki

  Tzatziki is a simple dip that goes well with Greek dishes. You can use drained full-fat or 2% yogurt, or homemade Drained...

• Deep-Fried Calamari

  Serve these crispy deep-fried squid rings to dip in tzatziki sauce.

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  Lamb Shanks with White Beans

  Braising the lamb slowly in this easy, low-maintenance dish makes the meat fall-off-the-bone tender. Use white navy, white...

• Village Salad

  This is the true Greek salad, literally called peasant salad in Greek, served throughout the country. Chop the vegetables...

• Lemon-Roasted Potatoes

  This extremely popular dish can also be made with Greek or Italian oregano or sprigs of thyme instead of the rosemary.

• Sautéed Quince

  Available at the same time as apples, fragrant quinces look like slightly pear-shaped apples with yellow skins. They are too...

• Double-Baked Sesame Cookies

  These not-too-sweet cookies, called paximadia in Greek, are very much like Italian biscotti and go well with a Greek coffee.