Why do Greeks eat salted cod on March 25?
If you’re new to Greece you might be confused by the sight of locals everywhere tucking into plates of “bakaliaros skordalia” – fried salty cod w...
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What we Mean to Animals: A Future with Fur, Feathe...
Why Look at Animals? A Case for the Rights of Non-Human Lives is not ...
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Greek spring and flower-carpeted hillsides
One of the upsides post-lockdown was that it compelled car-obsessed At...
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Athens Tales: a polyphonic hymn to the eternal, ever-changing city
What: The Athens launch of Athens Tales, a portrait of the city through its writers, published by Oxford University Press. Created by translator and Athens resident Joshua Barley, this anthology brings together eighteen short stories from the last hundred and fifty years of the city's history. Some of the writers are well-known authors...
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Plyta: Honest Cuisine Made with Love
When four acclaimed chefs decide to cook together, the results can go one of two ways. Either it’s a culinary brawl, or it’s the sort of harmonious partnership that delivers dishes with emotional heft. Plyta, the new joint venture of the Akra and Cookoovaya teams—Periklis Koskinas, Giannis Loukakis, Marios Korovesis and Spyros Pediaditaki...
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Meet you at George, The Lobby Bar!
Athens has a chic new meeting point - and it’s impossible to pass through Syntagma without being tempted inside. George, The Lobby Bar, at the King George Hotel, is the sort of all-day destination that effortlessly draws you in, whether you’re stopping for a sharp morning espresso, sliding into a booth for a midday meeting, or settling in...
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Maya & Samar Premieres at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Premiering at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival on November 4, Maya & Samar brings together director Anita Doron (The Breadwinner) and writer Tamara Faith Berger (Lie With Me) in a bold meditation on the transactional nature of most human interactions. The film unspools in Athens — that eternal crossroads of exile and reinv...
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Cast Aside the Clouds Celebrates Forbidden Love at the Thessaloniki Film Festival
Selected for the 66th Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Cast Aside the Clouds tells the story of Love as Defiance. Faith as Resistance. These are the twin forces at play in Cast Aside the Clouds as Layla, a young Bahá’í woman, and Sasan, a secular Muslim doctor, fall in love under the watchful eyes of a repressive regime in modern...
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Athens Pavilion of the Gaza Biennale
Every now and then, amidst the choppy modern sea of galleries, launches, festivals, happenings, pops-up, biennales and more, an artistic event will come along and quietly remind you of the power of art and its potential as a force for change. The Athens Pavillion of the Gaza Biennale is just one of those things, Tom Hall avers, and still ...
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Geco: Mediterranean Soul Meets Modern Swagger
Geco, the Gatsby Hotel’s sprawling restaurant, has flung open its sleek, urban doors to reveal a dining experience that has depth and sincerity. Don’t be distracted by its exuberant floral décor. The real story here is the magic happening in the kitchen. Executive Chef Panagiotis Flakas, and consultant chef Georgianna Hiliadak...
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East Meets Feast: Chef Margarita Solovyeva Reimagines Silk Road Flavours at Insider Terrace
Ahead of her Silk Road-inspired supper club with the Athens Insider Collective on May 22 and 23, Chef Margarita Solovyeva takes us on a tour of her eclectic Exarcheia neighborhood, offering a taste of Central Asia through her rich culinary lens. What do you do?Sometimes I ask myself—what don’t I do?My work is a colorful mix: I...
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A Playful Ode to A Difficult Dad
Rana Haddad interviews Sofka Zinovieff on the publishing day of her latest book, Stealing Dad, which tells the unlikely story of a dysfunctional family coming together in tragic yet hilarious ways. Part grief-memoir, part caper, Stealing Dad is a wonderfully written and sharply funny book that stems from emotional truth. Sofka...
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