GREEK

This is traditional Greek food, but not as you know it! George Calombaris has created dishes that you know and love and given them a modern twist

Away from his restaurant kitchens what George Calombaris really loves to cook is the food he grew up with, food that is made with love and designed to be shared. In his exciting new cookbook, George shares his enthusiasm for all things Greek, adding modern tweaks to stamp his adventurous culinary spirit on traditional recipes. You could start with a baklava cocktail, moving on to dishes such as taramosalata popcorn, ouzo-soaked cucumbers, slow-cooked lamb and miso eggplant souvlaki and prawn saganaki tortellini with tomato and mustard seed vinaigrette. And to finish? Hellenic mess!

George Calombaris was voted one of the 'Top 40 chefs of Influence in the World' in 2004 by The Global Food and Wine Magazine, and he continues to live up to this acclaim. He owns seven restaurants in Melbourne, The Press Club, Maha, Hellenic Republic, P M 24, Little Press & Cellar, St Katherine's and Mama Baba, as well as consulting for The Belvedere Club restaurant in Mykonos, Greece. George is the co-author of Your Place or Mine? and Cook with Us, and author of Lantern Cookery Classics: George Calombaris, Greek Cookery from the Hellenic Heart and The Press Club: Modern Greek Cookery. He is also a judge on MasterChef Australia and Junior MasterChef Australia.
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