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How to Roast a Lamb – (or Modern Greek Cooking)

January 25th, 2010

While I do not think this is a great name for this cookbook, I bought it anyway after watching its author on the Martha Stewart’s show. Indeed, this book was well worth its purchase price.

 

When I buy a new cookbook, (and believe me, I agonize over which ones to buy because I already have a tower of books that represents 25 years of collecting) I have this somewhat obsessive habit of marking the pages of the recipes I want to try. I can’t tell you why I do this, I just do.

As you can see by the picture below of How to Roast a Lamb, which is written by Michael Psilakis, a founding partner in Anthos in New York, there are quite a few recipes I am dying to recreate. The book is simply beautiful. With more than four establishments in New York and one in Miami, Psilakis knows a thing or two about writing a recipe and runnning a restaurant.

 

After first devouring this book and reading some of the wonderful stories, I marked 22 recipes that I will be trying this year. These are not just lamb recipes, there is something for everyone and he offers some great staples like garlic confit.

All the mezes, or small dishes, look and sound amazing.  His Greek salad is a thing of art. The whole roasted fish is the next dish I will prepare for a large dinner party. Stay tuned for more as I work my way through Psilakis’ Greek inspired recipes.

Click here to watch a video of Psilakis making his artful Greek salad with Martha on her show.

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