History of Greek Food

Summer time and defintely time for a flavorful and refreshing nonalcoholic drink!
Canelada, a cinnamon beverage (canela = cinnamon in Greek), is drunk in Crete and Aegean islands and served with lots of ice.
  
4 l. water
8-9 cinnamon sticks
1 k. sugar
In a large sauce pan combine sugar, water and cinnamon sticks. Cook until thickened, approximately 20 minutes. [...]

The custom of tea drinking was brought to Europe by Dutch and Portuguese traders in the 17th century and rapidly spread to Ottoman Empire. However in Ottoman occupied Greece it never became popular. Its high price, the dominance of herbal teas and infusions and the growth of coffee consumption excluded tea from the list of [...]

Contrary to popular belief that ancient Olympics was dotted by heroic and pure victories, they were often plaqued by scandals, cheating and wars. The famous Olympic Truce did not stop all wars in Greece: Sparta attacked to the small city state of Eleia (420 B.C.) and Arcadians invaded the Olympic sanctuary itself (364 B.C.).
The modern [...]

Taste has the power to transport us somewhere magical. Sometimes even the sight of certain foods, the process of the preparation of a dish or a smell may awake memories and remind us people, occasions, even emotions. Taste is much more complex than smell, since includes the effects of heat, cooling and aroma. It is [...]

“Tragedy struck this week in Southeast Asia when a cyclone ripped through the area leaving tens of thousands of people dead and an estimated million homeless…..” Here is a post from the Guerrilla Gourmet. Please, read it. http://www.theguerrillagourmet.com/2008/05/cyclone-nargis.html

29 April 2008 - The current food crisis threatens to undo all the recent efforts to lift people out of poverty around the world and could spark related economic, social and political crises, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today at the inaugural event in the Geneva Lecture series.
“We are familiar with the causes: rising oil [...]