Georgina Hayden’s Best Tricks for Modern Mediterranean Cooking

About this episode

Georgina Hayden shares her modern take on Mediterranean cooking, simplifying traditional recipes and offering practical cooking advice.

Georgina Hayden has written cookbooks that highlight traditional Mediterranean recipes, but her latest, MEDesque , is a little looser, full of weeknight dinner ideas inspired by various ingredients and dishes that are beloved in the region. "I've interviewed priests and grannies" about traditional Greek and Cypriot cooking, Georgina says, "But with this one, I've just had a bit more fun and been a bit playful with it." In this episode of The Dinner Plan, Georgina explains how she simplifies Greek classics like spanakopita and moussaka, offers advice for cooking when you're feeling burnout, and shares all the pantry staples she's added to her kitchen. To get Georgina's antipasti pasta salad recipe and links to the cookbooks she recommends, check us out over at TheDinnerPlan.Substack.com . ____ Thanks to this week's sponsors: TCHO Chocolate: If you’re a chef, baker, or maker in the sweets business, request a chocolate sample at TCHOpro.com Made In Cookware:  Visit madein.cc/dinnerplan  to unlock your discount offer. Straus Family Creamery: Find Straus organic ice cream at Whole Foods nationwide or at strausfamilycreamery.com .  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy…

People in this episode

Host: Maggie Hoffman

Guest: Georgina Hayden

Topics covered

• Mediterranean cooking
• weeknight dinner ideas
• traditional recipes
• cooking tips
• pantry staples

Keywords

• Mediterranean
• cooking
• recipes
• spanakopita
• moussaka
• pantry staples
• weeknight dinners

Sponsors

TCHO Chocolate, Made In Cookware, Straus Family Creamery

Mentioned in this episode

Products: TCHO Chocolate

Books & works: MEDesque

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