“Alexis Ladas, my first Athenian, was born in 1920, a whole generation before I came into this world on a different continent. By the time he was 24, my age when we met,…

Eating Well Is The Best Revenge By Diana Farr Louis “My brother thought he’d died and gone to heaven, for most of our friends were his age and female. I was sometimes restless,…

“Vlita satisfies the virtually insatiable Greek craving for greenery, cultivated and wild. When just picked and lightly cooked, its subtle, delicate flavor even makes it a candidate for the poor man’s asparagus title:…

“We made friends instantly—he cultivates visitors with tremendous warmth and, in the age-old Greek manner, plies them with food and waters them with fiery tsipouro, before he even knows your name. Over a…

“As Eleni calmly composed her ingredients, it was obvious that the most important was intangible. Agape or love permeated every dish, which is why they’re so difficult to replicate. As she told me,…

“It all began on a tennis court in the late 80s. I was co-editing a magazine for a Greek hotel chain and, since we were writing most of the articles ourselves under pseudonyms,…

Eating Well Is The Best Revenge By Diana Farr Louis “Meanwhile, before sunset, the men take down the beast and lay it on plastic sheets on top of our big marble table. They…

Eating Well Is The Best Revenge By Diana Farr Louis “Thus, with angels squeezed in amongst our rucksacks and climbing boots, we drove off. It took a while to leave the clutches of…

Eating Well Is The Best Revenge By Diana Farr Louis “Lemons as more than something to squeeze onto fish didn’t really enter my consciousness until I went to Greece. I had never even…

Eating Well Is The Best Revenge By Diana Farr Louis “I think that without ‘The Crisis’ Alexander would never have made it to the stage. The singers, who have such wonderful voices, and…