Taverna Strofi

After our terrible flight from NYC during an ice storm into Milan, then Athens (we missed our connecting flight, obviously), we were exhausted and cranky.  Exhausted from having to wait on the runway for 5 hours while we were “in line” to have our wings de-iced – I am fairly claustrophobic and needed to knock myself out in order to prevent a panic attack – cranky from the lack of real food during this time, and having our first day in Athens basically wasted.  We’d aimed to arrive around 2 pm, so we’d have had plenty of time to walk [...]

Fresh Direct Promo

I’ve been really busy at work lately but I will definitely be posting about food from Turkey and Greece soon!!! In the meantime, please enjoy these Fresh Direct codes… LOVEPEPP for a free pepperoni thin crust pizza. LOVEPIZZA for the same except just cheese. Both expire 4/3. While I was in Turkey I got a free code for coffee with purchase of a Passover meal as well. Not sure if you HAVE to buy the Passover meal for it, but it’s COFFEEHOL and it expires 4/10. It’s a pound of La Minita Estate Coffee. As always, HAPPY EATING!!! Share and [...]

The Food of Greece and Turkey

Hmm, looking over my pictures, I only photographed two meals in Greece.  How odd.  I guess because it was much of the same stuff, repeatedly~ kebabs, lamb, kebabs, etc.  So here’s the teaser, only one of these meals, at Smiles Restaurant somewhat near our hotel: Lamb kebab with pita, tzatziki Grilled octopus, with our appetizer of taramasalata in the background Pork schnitzel Our first meal in Turkey was soundly disappointing, but we knowingly went into a touristy place.  Ah well. Our mezze (starter) platter - hummus-ish, horse beans, stuffed eggplant, shredded chicken salad type thing, greens, and I forget what was [...]

Athens, GR and Istanbul, TU

What’s that? It’s where I’ll be for the next 8 days. I will return, hopefully rejuvenated and revived enough to post on Monday, March 26~ look for it ;p Seriously, though, I will be taking pictures of the food over there, and I may be able to check this if anyone has any “MUST TRY” places over there to let me know about! As always, happy eating and try not to miss me too much, k? (Hint: scour my archives. See how my tastes have evolved. Note the writing style and pattern variation. Look at the pictures and how much [...]

You Can’t Go Home Again

Growing up, I always heard “You can’t go home again” and I wondered what it meant. Why can’t you go home again, I would wonder. I asked my parents many times if I could come home again, years down the line- would they still let me in the house? Would they still let me stay with them even years after I’d moved out, and I supposed, after I’d started my own family? They always assured me that of course I could come home. Of course I could stay with them, my own family in tow or not. So I thought [...]

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