A Taste of Greece
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A Taste of Greece: Recipes, Cuisine & Culture is an illustrated cookbook coordinated by Princess Tatiana of Greece and edited by the food writer Diana Farr Louis. It is a non-profit publication whose sales benefit the Greek charity Boroume ("we can!"), supporting food supplies both to refugees in Greece and to Greeks suffering poverty due to the country's economic crisis. The idea of publishing a book of this kind originated with the founder of Boroume, Xenia Papastavrou, according to Maria Karamitsos.[1] Daisy Dunn, reviewing A Taste of Greece in The Spectator, commented that "Greece’s food crisis has wrought such feelings of exclusion and isolation as can only exist in a culture that has always placed food at the centre of civilisation. Over 17 per cent of the population of Greece is said to be suffering from food insecurity."[2]
The book is a collection of favourite Greek recipes contributed by 41 celebrities, chefs and food writers, all of them connected with Greece in different ways. Contributors are arranged alphabetically, but the list includes celebrities such as
A Taste of Greece was published internationally in July 2016 by TeNeues Media, based in Germany, with branches in the United States, United Kingdom and France.
References
- ^ Maria A. Karamitsos, "A Taste of Greece: Cookbook Benefits Boroume" at Windy City Greek (13 July 2016)
- ^ Daisy Dunn, "Can an ancient Hellenic concept solve Greece’s food crisis?" in The Spectator (4 August 2016)
- ^ Sharon Edelson, "A Princess Publishes a Cookbook for Love of Country" in WWD (7 June 2016)
External links
- Boroume, the Greek charity that benefits from book sales
- Page about the book at teNeues