These are warm, golden autumn days in Athens. October has decided to dress herself up as summer and is making a pretty good job of it. The days are hot – hot enough to swim, if you can get to the coast. The evenings are quite cool and, for Athenians, there is that novelty of…
Tag: Spinach
Rising Against Risotto – Spanakórizo and more
It has seemed to me for a while, that the arrival on the world’s dinner tables of Italian risotto has been an uncontested battle. Don’t get me wrong – I do love risotto. The creamy consistency, the still ‘al dente‘ grains of arborio or carnaroli rice, the wonderful intensity of flavour; and there is something…