by elenisaltas | Jan 3, 2020 | Greek recipes, main courses
Here’s another dish brought to you by Yiayia Saltas: Lahanodolmades (cabbage rolls). Traditionally made with an avgolemono (egg and lemon sauce on top), my yiayia has always served hers with a rich tomato sauce that brightens up the rolls and creates depths of...
by elenisaltas | Nov 23, 2018 | Eleni's Recipes, Greek recipes, main courses
DISCLOSURE: I don’t condone stealing. There is just one instance, however, where I do pardon a certain group of thieves because their act of stealing eventually gave the world a glorious gift. The thieves I’m speaking of are the klephts, an indigenous population that...
by elenisaltas | Oct 9, 2018 | Greek recipes, main courses
At the Salt Lake City Greek festival, almost every family plays a role, often with specialties they claim as their own and which they work on for months before the festival. My good friend John Timothy and his entire Pappas family are always on tyropites (cheese pie)...
by elenisaltas | Jul 20, 2018 | Greek recipes, main courses
Pastisio Baked Pasta By: Eleni Saltas The thought of assembling layers of creamy pasta, juicy minced meat, and a thick béchamel sauce used to intimidate me. But, after learning from my yiayia and trying different types of pastitsios from Athens to San Fransisco, that...
by elenisaltas | Jun 22, 2018 | Greek recipes, mezes, Uncategorized
The first time I prepared a dish for a large crowd, I had the jitters. The Taste of Greece, a fun, food fundraiser for our Greek Orthodox Church in Salt Lake City, Utah, annually draws nearly 500 attendees who are ready and willing to sample common Greek fare, all...
