Complete Book of Greek Cooking - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060162597 ISBN 13: 9780060162597

Synopsis

More than fifty years ago, a group of dedicated women decided to write a Greek cookbook in English, something not available at the time, to preserve some of the traditional recipes and at the same time raise * for their church, the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St. Paul on Long Island, New York. Over fifty years later, the result is one of the most popular Greek cookbooks in the nation with tens of thousands of copies sold. They called themselves 'the Recipe Club.' Hearty, delicious home-style Greek cooking has wide appeal. It is based on wholesome ingredients, with the emphasis on fresh vegetables, olive oil, and other natural foods. THE COMPLETE BOOK OF GREEK COOKING includes more than 200 tantalizing recipes for appetizers; soups; meat, fish, and chicken dishes; salads, salad dressings, and sauces; vegetables; breads; and scrumptious desserts that include baklava and other marvelous phyllo pastries. Includes line drawings.

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From the Author

Reasons Why
The reason we started this project is the young married couples of our church community would be able to have standard measurements for all the old world traditional greek recipes that our mothers made but never had written exact instructions to make them. The second reason is that we were able to accomplish some wonderful projects for our Greek Orthodox Church with the donations

From the Back Cover

Thirty years ago, a group of women from Saint Paul's Church decided to put together a Greek cookbook to preserve some of the traditional recipes and at the same time raise money for their church. They called themselves 'the Recipe Club.' Hearty, delicious home-style Greek cooking has wide appeal. It is based on wholesome ingredients, with the emphasis on fresh vegetables, olive oil, and other natural foods.

Edition details

• Publication date: 1709
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060162597
• ISBN 13: 9780060162597
• Binding: Hardcover