A Kitchen in Corfu

by JamesChatto (Author), W.L.Martin (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  1988

  $21.82

  Since Odysseus dined on mezethes and spit-roasted meat on Corfu in the Homeric epic, the island has been conquered by Rome and Byzantium; taken by Norman adventurers, Genoese pirates and the Angevin kings of Naples; and held for four hundred years by the Venetians. Through the vicissitudes of war and peace the classical Greek cooking has become distinctly Corfiot.

• Used

  Paperback
  1993

  $11.83

  Now reissued, A Kitchen in Corfu is an account of traditional life on a beautiful island, where produce grows abundantly - wild herbs, nuts and greenery in the hills; fish and shellfish in the sea; olive groves, grapevines and orchards. In Corfu, culinary influences from all over the Mediterranean have been absorbed and adapted to create a style of cooking unique in the world. This book presents a collection of 80 recipes, together with descriptions of people and places. The author details the customs surrounding the growing and preparation of food, and describes the daily round of friends and neighbours, capturing the authentic flavour of an hospitable and lively rural community.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1989

  $3.25