Comments on: Cookbook Collapse and Spanakopita

By: Dora

Dora — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 07:31:39 +0000

You are wrong about Nikos Tselemendes and Moussaka. He did not invent it, he added the béchamel sauce which is French. Moussaka has come to us today via the Byzantines. Greeks today eat very much like their ancient forefathers with maybe a few exceptions that have been lost but many additions, like all the products from the American continent and all the citrus from South East Asia.
Nikos Tselemdes first published his book in 1908, he was a French trained chef who was not happy with Greek food and wanted to change it. Unfortunately he gave us all the unhealthy stuff, lots of unhealthy sweets even though tasty with to many milk products. I am happy to say though that most Greeks have stuck to their olive oil and fresh vegetables and the traditional sweets we share with our neighbours, baklava and the like. Greek food today in it’s true form is connected to Southern Italy and the Middle East as well as all our neighbouring borders.

By: BeastInTheKitchen

BeastInTheKitchen — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:07:34 +0000

Mmm the spanakopita looks amazing! Can’t wait to make it! And this helped me so much with a report I had to write for culinary history class I’m in (don’t worry, listed you in the footnotes!) I hope my shelves don’t collapse too…

By: Zahavah

Zahavah — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:46:43 +0000

Sarah, you have at least triple the number of cookbooks that I have — no wonder your shelves collapsed! The spanekopita looks amazing with the crisp layers of phyllo.

By: Miriam/The winter guest

Miriam/The winter guest — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:23:03 +0000

My shelves have not broken yet, but I don’t think they will take long…:-)
I love your stories.

By: lisaiscooking

lisaiscooking — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:43:30 +0000

I’ve just run out of room for cookbooks, and I’m hoping the shelves don’t break! Your spanakopita looks delicious!