Some of my favorite breakfast sweeties served throughout the season @melisses.andros this year🍰 French toasted tsoureki, plum crostata, banana bread, fruit filled olive oil maritozzi, THE olive oil cake in many iterations- fig leaf, basil, lemon or
Beautiful Autumn mornings this week ✨ . . . #peloponnese #southwesterngreece #autumn #mornings #stoxorio #ellada #messinia #greece #morningmoments #coffeetime
Nice to be back home and cooking for myself again. Simple things, whole roasted sweet potato & with local spinach & oyster mushrooms from the Laiki in Kalamata, cooked in the wood stove with ghee, & drizzled with fresh olive oil afterward
Yesterdays lunch & harvest at my favorite grove, Χαλάσματα. Our 2500 yr old Μάνα Ελιά, 22’s favorite time of year- running free in her groves, fresh baked sourdough w
Back in the Peloponnese, enjoying the freshest olive oil this morning from juicy green Koroneiki olives 🫒 . . . #oliveharvest #extravirginoliveoil #koroneiki #messinia #olivecountry #ruralgreece #evoo #greece #ellada #liquidgold #2024harvest #early
Not sure which dish is better, the 6hr wood fired lamb, or using the bones & pans juices the next day to do Kritharaki with Parmesan rinds… . . . #eatingin #kritharaki #bonebroth #lambkritharaki #orzo #bakedkritharaki #comfortfood #fallfo
Cosy town vibes for the final retreat this week @melisses.andros… mulled wine, slow lamb & sweet potatoes to close out our final official dinner for the season. The perfect finish, σας ευχαρ
Lunch today at Melisses - brothy chickpeas cooked slowly overnight in the wood oven, with beautiful sourdough koulouri by @joshshuffman. Lamb slow cooking in the background for this evening. . . . #woodfired #sourdough #koulouri #slowcookedchickpeas
Favorite moments from a light filled summer 🌞 … sleeping under the stars & waking with the sun, early morning swims, secret beaches with visiting friends, sea treasures/ mediation, quiet beach afternoons with 22, delicious brunch at the m
Island breakfast- fried local eggs & blistered baby tomatoes on homemade sourdough, with local capers, caper leaves, & pickled kritamo (also known as rock samphire/ sea fennel) - a medicinal wild plant that grows around coastlines of Greece &
Brunch today at Melisses - Niçoise salads alongside tuna salad and jammy boiled eggs, with beautiful local greens from Livada farm, & our favorite citrus scented olive oil cake w whipped yoghurt & vanilla infused (2023 early harvest ex
One of my favorite summer salads for steamy August evenings- ice cold watermelon chunks, spicy arugula, red onion, sheep’s milk feta, marinated shrimp, tossed in a spicy ginger-lime-honey dressing, makes an appearance every summer 🍉 . . . #sum
Καλημέρα , ψημένο το ψωμί! Mini sourdough loaves - plain sourdough, and my favorite sage & sesame loaves with a small amount of buckwheat and zeas flours 🫶🏼🫶🏼