In 1897 a woman called Maria Iordanidou was born in Constantinople, a city so grand the Greeks referred to as The City which is how it later got its name Istanbul which means ‘to the City’. She wrote a book called Loxandra a book about life, customs, the human spirit and food in Asia Minor. […]
Herring, caraway seed sourdough bread with baba ganoush and pickles.
The herring was a humble presence during my childhood, indeed it was often the butt of jokes because of its low status. Smoked it accompanied bean dishes and pickled it found its place on the table of the elderly. When I was in the fishmongers recently I found myself admiring some fresh line-caught herring […]
