Aglaia & Costas' Aegean Island Kitchen

The Last Precious Green Beans -or Shall I Call Them Peas...

As they tolerate the heat, ambelofasoula (green black eyed peas) make our most sought-after end of summer salad; an ideal accompaniment for fried or…

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A Bean called Fish

Fresh cranberry beans used to be a favorite end-of-summer dish. Now we can hardly get them, and they even lost their name...

Sep 11 • 

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August 2025

Late Summer Musings

Stuffed tomatoes, an all-time favorite, and more about beautiful old utensils, adding to the discussion a friend started last week. Also a truly special…

Aug 28 • 

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June 2025

Cool Eggplant Meze

Easy and delicious, prepared well in advance to enjoy any time of day.

Jun 21 • 

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Our Tomato-salad Bread

With the leftovers of the tomato-onion-caper-olive-oil-and-herb salad instead of water we create a delicious lagana (flat bread)

Jun 13 • 

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The Garden in a Glass

Thyme, lemon verbena, oregano, rose geranium, mint, basil, and even the laurel leaves, accentuated with lemon peels, become lovely, aromatic liqueurs…

Jun 6 • 

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May 2025

Books and People that Inspired my Food Journeys.

In the early 1980s, as a magazine editor, I wanted to introduce my audience to authentic French cuisine, badly represented in upscale Athenian…

May 30 • 

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We Love Bialys!

These delicious breads, simply topped with onion and poppyseeds, carry with them the heartbreaking history of a 'lost world,' as Mimi Sheraton described…

May 23 • 

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Zucchini Revisited

Freshly harvested from the garden, our new crop inspired me to create an unusual salad. PLUS highlights of the welcome reception for this years first…

May 16 • 

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The Incomparable Grape Leaves

The leaves are a perfect wrapping, while they impart a delicious flavor and aroma to dolmades, which have become part of every meze spread all over the…

May 9 • 

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Fruit, Yogurt, and Gelatin

A 1937 Cox-Gelatin booklet brough to my mind the fruity and refreshing yogurt cream my mother used to make all the time. We didn't know then that it was…

May 2 • 

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April 2025

Delicious Briani is related but quite different from the Indian Biryani

Oven-baked rice with milk, feta, peppers, and herbs is the frugal, Balkan version: a wonderful and versatile dish.

Apr 25 • 

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