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Write a cook book? Me?

It seemed a most extraordinary idea!

I am not someone who spends hours in the kitchen, I like things to be super quick and I like minimum of fuss.

But then I realised that perhaps this is exactly how I should plan the cookbook and exactly what most of the traditional Greek food is about, which exception perhaps of their sweets.

So I decided to put together my favourite easy cook recipes, with no flashy ingredients, no hours of preparation... In fact It takes me longer to go to the market and buy the ingredients than it does to prepare and cook, but as the market is only twice a weekly I tend to stock up.

The result is just good food cooked from fresh produce.



The main staples in Greece are vegetables, with meat being left for celebrations, so with this in mind I have concentrated on the vegetarian and vegan dishes which can be eaten as a main plates or can be as a side serving.

These are dishes I eat day in day out and I love them.

Strangely I don’t mind spending time over the Greek sweets - I'm not sure why, maybe I am a baker and not a cook, but I could spends hours crushing nuts and brushing melted butter on filo pastry.



So these do take a little more effort but I can assure you, that if you don’t eat them immediately, they will last for days and the consistency only gets better as the ingredients bind.

So I hope there is a little something of everything for everybody, but as I am more a storyteller than a cook I introduce all the recipes through a lovely little tale - The Short and Happy Tale of Pippo Alampo.

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