Melomacarouna are a popular Greek cookie often enjoyed at Christmas. They are crumbly spice cookies that have been soaked in warm honey and then sprinkled with finely chopped walnuts. The recipe for this cookie is the perfect example of why we started this project to document family recipes. This is what my mother’s recipe for Melomacarouna looks like:
Arguably the most famous of Greek dishes, no gathering of Greeks is complete without Spanakopita. This is one of those recipes that our mothers and aunts know how to make with their eyes closed. They don’t measure anything, and when you ask them how much of an ingredient to use they say things like “αρκετό” (enough) or “μπόλικο” (a lot). Not very helpful, right? Our Mom was starting to get a little annoyed with us while she made this Spanakopita because we kept stopping her to measure things. You will see her beautiful hands in a lot of these pictures. Those hands make a mean Spanakopita. Continue reading
After the gluttony of Thanksgiving, does anyone else feel the need to ingest nothing but vegetables for the next couple of days? If so, here is a recipe for you — but first you should understand something about Greek vegetables. They are shall we say “cooked through”. Never crisp or crunchy. When we were kids we might have described them as “mushy”, but now that we are all grown up and know better we use the term “velvety” instead.
Here’s how you make them… Continue reading
