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Baked Anchovies – Back to My Roots feature

May 10, 2016 - 4 Comments

My good friend, Krystina Kalapothakos, the brilliant chef behind Kouzounas Kitchen, has recently published her first little gem of a cookbook, Back to My Roots. Two of my own recipes, originally posted here on the blog, are also featured in it, so you may as well go ahead and call this a shameless plugin.

One of said recipes is an old favorite of mine: European Anchovies baked in the juicy, oregano-flavored tomato sauce. Small fish like anchovies and sardines are particularly loved and honored in Greek cuisine, especially in the spring & summertime! The following recipe is for a very traditional Ionian Islands dish made with European Anchovies that we call gáv-ros, but it will work fine with any small fish of the same family you can find.

Baked Anchovies-Back to My Roots

You can find the entire recipe along with step-by-step directions on how to prep the fish in Back to My Roots. Head on over to the book’s page and take a peek. You can read a summary of what the book is all about, see an excerpt of Krystina’s essays sharing memories of her grandmother (the fabulous cook she takes after), read reviews, and find links to all retailers for the paperback editions as well as the ebook. All you need to do is click on the image below.

Back to my Roots by Kouzounas Kitchen
athina

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  1. Kouzounas Kitchen says

    May 11, 2016 at 19:47

    Yay!! Thank you very very much Athina mou for including my cookbook in this post. This recipe has been very popular in Greece. Nestor’s cous said his father has a similar recipe, and he really enjoyed this.

    Reply
    • Athina says

      May 11, 2016 at 20:22

      Thank you for allowing me to be a part of Back to My Roots! I enjoyed working with you on this very, very much!! 🙂

      Reply
  2. maraki4 says

    May 10, 2016 at 11:52

    Φοβερό φαγητάκι!!!!!

    Reply
    • Athina says

      May 10, 2016 at 11:54

      Παραμυθιαζόμαστε κιόλας, πως είμαστε ήδη στο ταβερνάκι στο νησί! 😛

      Reply

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Noda's other three Hearn sculptures are:
“The Open Mind of Lafcadio Hearn” Matsue, Japan 2010
“Lafcadio Hearn – Odyssey of an Open Mind” Lefkada, Greece 2014
“Eternity – Resting Place of Lafcadio Hearn” Tokyo, Japan 2019. 
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•
Noda's other three Hearn sculptures are:
“The Open Mind of Lafcadio Hearn” Matsue, Japan 2010
“Lafcadio Hearn – Odyssey of an Open Mind” Lefkada, Greece 2014
“Eternity – Resting Place of Lafcadio Hearn” Tokyo, Japan 2019. 
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In Greece, you can also marvel at his “Apollo’s Mirror” (2005) in Delphi and at “The Spirit of Hermes” (2010) in Marathonas. 
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#kickingbackthepebbles #blog #bloggergirl #totalbooknerd #lafcadiohearn #masaakinodaart #artworklove #sculpturelover #modernsculpture #verilymoment #theartofslowliving #seekthesimplicity #littlestoriesofmylife #aquietstyle #thehappynow #myeverydaymagic #momentsofmine
Baking Bad: GingerDead Men💀 – A #halloween🎃 treat (recipe 🔗 in bio)
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Χωρίς να έχω κάνει ενδελεχή έρευνα για το θέμα, θαρρώ πως τα gingerDead cookies (νεολογισμός από τις λέξεις gingerbread και dead) προέκυψαν μετά την καλτ κωμωδία τρόμου The Gingerdead Man. Στην ταινία κατά συρροή δολοφόνος καταδικάζεται σε θάνατο και αποτεφρώνεται, η μητέρα του παίρνει τις στάχτες του, τις αναμιγνύει με μπαχαρικά (gingerbread spice), τις παρατάει έξω από το ζαχαροπλαστείο της οικογένειας των θυμάτων του γιου της, oι ιδιοκτήτες βρίσκουν το μείγμα, το χρησιμοποιούν –τι πιο σύνηθες– για να φτιάξουν τεράστιο μπισκότο gingerbread man, κι απ’ τον φούρνο ξεπηδά μετενσάρκωση του δολοφόνου που σπέρνει τον τρόμο απαρχής!
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Την ταινία του 2005 ακολουθούν sequel, crossover, σειρές κόμικ και συλλεκτικά προϊόντα, και κάπως έτσι τα χριστουγεννιάτικα gingerbread men μεταμορφώνονται για το Halloween σε σκελετούς, μούμιες και ζόμπι.
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Για να εκτυπώσετε τη συνταγή από το μπλογκ: ➡️ στο προφίλ πατάτε στο λινκ kickingbackthepebbles.start.page/ ➡️ Latest blog post. (Εναλλακτικά σκρολάρετε στο τέλος της καρτέλας & πατάτε την πιο πρόσφατη φωτογραφία.)
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“See the TURTLE of Enormous Girth. On his shell “See the TURTLE of Enormous Girth.
On his shell he holds the Earth. 
His thought is slow, but always kind. 
He holds us all within his mind. 
On his back all vows are made; 
He sees the truth but mayn't aid. He loves the land and loves the sea,
And even loves a child like me.” —Stephen King, poem (about Maturin 👇🏻 ) from The Dark Tower series.
*Maturin, the overarching protagonist of Stephen King's multiverse—unseen but serving in the novel IT, its miniseries, and its film adaptations of the same name, and the overarching protagonist of The Dark Tower series, also a mentioned character of the novel 11/22/63—is a massive turtle who by nature is kind, wise, gentle, and compassionate, and who constantly withdraws into his shell. 
•
Turtles and dinosaurs are genetically related, with ancient turtles coexisting alongside dinosaurs.
•
Despite visual similarities, Therizinosaurus, often confused as a turtle, is actually a dinosaur.
•
Modern and ancient turtles differ significantly in biological features, evidenced through fossil studies.
•
Turtles and crocodiles share a closer genetic link, based on recent phylogenetic research.
•
Changes in ancient turtle cladograms reveal shifts in their evolutionary history and classification.
•
Sea turtles’ evolution, from ancient times to the present, has been comprehensively documented.
[all non-fiction related info from https://adventuredinosaurs.com/ 😉 ]
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#kickingbackthepebbles #blog #bloggergirl #totalbooknerd #stephenkingbooks #hellooctober🎃  #countdowntohalloween #livecreatively #livecolorfully #verilymoment #theartofslowliving #seekthesimplicity #littlestoriesofmylife #aquietstyle #thehappynow #myeverydaymagic #momentsofmine
“When summer's end is nighing And skies at eve “When summer's end is nighing
 And skies at evening cloud,
I muse on change and fortune
 And all the feats I vowed
 When I was young and proud.”
—A.E. Housman, verse from 𝘟𝘟𝘟𝘐𝘟, Last Poems (1922)
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👋🏻 Buh-bye August, hello September! • Mus 👋🏻 Buh-bye August, hello September! 
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Music: Your Gain – Licensed by: Video Maker – Creator:  Swif7 on Epidemic Sound
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#oddangles in #blackandwhite because why not?  T #oddangles in #blackandwhite because why not? 
The sculpture is—quite fittingly—“The Open Mind of Lafcadio Hearn” (2009), one of four sculptures created by Japanese artist Masaaki Noda commemorating Patrick Lafcadio Hearn, the Greek-Irish writer, translator, and teacher whose writings offered unprecedented insight into Japanese culture.
•
Noda's other three Hearn sculptures are:
“The Open Mind of Lafcadio Hearn” Matsue, Japan 2010
“Lafcadio Hearn – Odyssey of an Open Mind” Lefkada, Greece 2014
“Eternity – Resting Place of Lafcadio Hearn” Tokyo, Japan 2019. 
•
In Greece, you can also marvel at his “Apollo’s Mirror” (2005) in Delphi and at “The Spirit of Hermes” (2010) in Marathonas. 
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•
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•
#kickingbackthepebbles #blog #bloggergirl #totalbooknerd #lafcadiohearn #masaakinodaart #artworklove #sculpturelover #modernsculpture #verilymoment #theartofslowliving #seekthesimplicity #littlestoriesofmylife #aquietstyle #thehappynow #myeverydaymagic #momentsofmine
Baking Bad: GingerDead Men💀 – A #halloween🎃 treat (recipe 🔗 in bio)
•
Χωρίς να έχω κάνει ενδελεχή έρευνα για το θέμα, θαρρώ πως τα gingerDead cookies (νεολογισμός από τις λέξεις gingerbread και dead) προέκυψαν μετά την καλτ κωμωδία τρόμου The Gingerdead Man. Στην ταινία κατά συρροή δολοφόνος καταδικάζεται σε θάνατο και αποτεφρώνεται, η μητέρα του παίρνει τις στάχτες του, τις αναμιγνύει με μπαχαρικά (gingerbread spice), τις παρατάει έξω από το ζαχαροπλαστείο της οικογένειας των θυμάτων του γιου της, oι ιδιοκτήτες βρίσκουν το μείγμα, το χρησιμοποιούν –τι πιο σύνηθες– για να φτιάξουν τεράστιο μπισκότο gingerbread man, κι απ’ τον φούρνο ξεπηδά μετενσάρκωση του δολοφόνου που σπέρνει τον τρόμο απαρχής!
•
Την ταινία του 2005 ακολουθούν sequel, crossover, σειρές κόμικ και συλλεκτικά προϊόντα, και κάπως έτσι τα χριστουγεννιάτικα gingerbread men μεταμορφώνονται για το Halloween σε σκελετούς, μούμιες και ζόμπι.
•
Για να εκτυπώσετε τη συνταγή από το μπλογκ: ➡️ στο προφίλ πατάτε στο λινκ kickingbackthepebbles.start.page/ ➡️ Latest blog post. (Εναλλακτικά σκρολάρετε στο τέλος της καρτέλας & πατάτε την πιο πρόσφατη φωτογραφία.)
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#kickingbackthepebbles #foodblog #bloggerlife #foodie #recipes #october #halloween2023 #gingerdeadmen #gingerbread #cookies #homemade #makeyourown #fromscratch #instagood #fooddiary #foodgram #yumyum #foodstagram #instafeast #heresmyfood #31daysofhalloween #halloweenfun #halloweenparty #thisishalloween #happyhalloween🎃 #halloweenvibes #halloweentime #halloweeniscoming
“See the TURTLE of Enormous Girth. On his shell “See the TURTLE of Enormous Girth.
On his shell he holds the Earth. 
His thought is slow, but always kind. 
He holds us all within his mind. 
On his back all vows are made; 
He sees the truth but mayn't aid. He loves the land and loves the sea,
And even loves a child like me.” —Stephen King, poem (about Maturin 👇🏻 ) from The Dark Tower series.
*Maturin, the overarching protagonist of Stephen King's multiverse—unseen but serving in the novel IT, its miniseries, and its film adaptations of the same name, and the overarching protagonist of The Dark Tower series, also a mentioned character of the novel 11/22/63—is a massive turtle who by nature is kind, wise, gentle, and compassionate, and who constantly withdraws into his shell. 
•
Turtles and dinosaurs are genetically related, with ancient turtles coexisting alongside dinosaurs.
•
Despite visual similarities, Therizinosaurus, often confused as a turtle, is actually a dinosaur.
•
Modern and ancient turtles differ significantly in biological features, evidenced through fossil studies.
•
Turtles and crocodiles share a closer genetic link, based on recent phylogenetic research.
•
Changes in ancient turtle cladograms reveal shifts in their evolutionary history and classification.
•
Sea turtles’ evolution, from ancient times to the present, has been comprehensively documented.
[all non-fiction related info from https://adventuredinosaurs.com/ 😉 ]
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#kickingbackthepebbles #blog #bloggergirl #totalbooknerd #stephenkingbooks #hellooctober🎃  #countdowntohalloween #livecreatively #livecolorfully #verilymoment #theartofslowliving #seekthesimplicity #littlestoriesofmylife #aquietstyle #thehappynow #myeverydaymagic #momentsofmine
“When summer's end is nighing And skies at eve “When summer's end is nighing
 And skies at evening cloud,
I muse on change and fortune
 And all the feats I vowed
 When I was young and proud.”
—A.E. Housman, verse from 𝘟𝘟𝘟𝘐𝘟, Last Poems (1922)
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#kickingbackthepebbles #blog #bloggergirl #bloggerlife #littlestoriesofmylife #aquietstyle #momentsofmine #sunsetphotography #instagood #travelvibes #keepexploring #traveldiaries #travelgram #travelbug #happydays #breakaway #greece🇬🇷 #vacation2023 #instasummer #summer2023🌴☀️
👋🏻 Buh-bye August, hello September! • Mus 👋🏻 Buh-bye August, hello September! 
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Music: Your Gain – Licensed by: Video Maker – Creator:  Swif7 on Epidemic Sound
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