num_pages: 256
description: Combining the best of memoir travel literature and food writing Christopher Bakken delves into one of the most underappreciated cuisines in Europe in this rollicking celebration of the Greek table. He explores the traditions and history behind eight elements of Greek cuisineolives bread fish cheese beans wine meat and honeyand journeys through the country searching for the best examples of each. He picks olives on Thasos bakes bread on Crete eats thyme honey from Kythira with one of Greeces greatest poets and learns why Naxos is the best place for cheese in the Cyclades. Working with local cooks and artisans he offers an intimate look at traditional village life while honoring the conversations friendships and leisurely ceremonies of dining around which Hellenic culture has revolved for thousands of years. A hymn to slow food and to seasonal and sustainable cuisine Honey Olives Octopus is a lyrical celebration of Greece where such concepts have always been a simple part of living and eating well.
language: English
title: Honey, Olives, Octopus: Adventures at the Greek Table
publisher: University of California Press