Introduction: The Olive, the Caper, and the Legacy of Greek Food Honored Drinks, Small Dishes, and Savory Pies -- From water to wine Water Wine Ouzo Tsikoudia Brandy and Sweet Liqueurs Beer Coffee Tea Fruitades and Other Drinks Meze: The Grand Array Simplest Mezedes Glorious Cheeses of Greece Many and Varied Greek Olives Salads and Spreads Eggplant Urbanization of Miltiades Cyclades and the Scent of Lemon Two Famous Vegetable Mezedes Inviting Meat Mezedes Zeus, King of the Gods Mezedes from the Sea Tart and Tantalizing Pickles People, Provinces, and Culinary Specialties of Greece Savory pies: From Filo Pastry Filo Finesse Shapes of Filo Pies and Pastries Trail of the Olive Opulent Byzantium Banquet of Dishes -- Bread: The Staff of Life! Bread Man Cometh Greece's First Bread Bakers Cooking Bells and Beehive Ovens Cyprus: the Coppery Island Soup: For Hard Times and Good Times Fava Stories Mycenaeans and Their Bill of Fare Salads: A Veritable Bounty Tomato Revolution Pericles, the Father of Democracy Sarakatsani, Greece's Roving Shepherds Eggs: The Daily Gift Oregano, Dill, and Mint Greek Diaspora and the Denver Omelet Sustaining grain: Barley, Wheat, Rice & Noodles An Island Harvest Sin of Opsophagia Saffron Olympic Games Whence Cometh Trahana? Alexandria, Greek City by the Sea Alexander the Great and the Spread of Hellenism Vegetable parade Simmered, Sauteed & Fried Herbs of Greece Stewed Vegetable Stand-Outs Apollo, the Sun God Crisp Croquettes and Fritters Welcome Party Stuffed Vegetables Renowned Casserole Two Greek Cooks, Two Great Moussakades Classical Greece -- A Time of Philosophers and Farmers Fish and shellfish Foufou Salt Cod, the Fish That Feeds in Hard Times Poseidon Where Did the Name "Greek" Come From? Aegean and the Ionian -- The "Fishing Ponds" of Greece Archestratos and His Fish Minoans -- Inhabitants of Greece Before the Greeks Meat: Of Every Sort Grilling Caper Family Bush Warp and the Weft: Sheep and Their Wool An Easter Journey on the Sea Who Were the First Greeks? Birds: From the Coop Chicken and the Changing Squares of Athens Jews of Greece and Their Joseph's Coat Cuisine Wild game: From the Woods and Sky Aesop's Wild Kingdom: Morals with the Meal Savces, toppings, and marinades Sauces Souvlaki Stands and the Best Tzatziki Dodecanese Islands -- Gateway of Many Sauces Toppings Rhodes and the Crusaders Marinades Greece's Saucy Minorities and Their Foods Fruit as the finale Greece's Fruitful Choices Confections Dulcet as Ambrosia -- Sweets: In Profusion Time-Honored Syrups From Beehive to Oven Nuts of Greece Tsikoudia and the Moor A Final Validation How Spices Got to Greece Luscious Puddings Sweetness by the Spoonful Croesus and His Golden Coins Plato, the "Cool" Philosopher Seven Innovative Sweets Night Wine, Day Wine, and the Barefoot Compressor Cyclades Village Wedding Ceremonial Sweets Ottoman Rule and the Greek Fight for Independence
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