FOR THE LOVE OF GREECE!
HRH Princess Tatiana doesn’t really do interviews. In fact, she rarely talks in magazines, shows, or journalists. But now she has every reason to do so. At least selectively. While her cookbook “A taste of Greece” travels Greece all over the world, through fresh ingredients and original flavors, as a co-founder of TRIAETC revives Greek’s tradition celebrating Greece’s heritage and new talents. Tatiana Blatnik is a today’s woman-model, a woman who has chosen since 2013, to be based in Athens and calls Greece “home”.
RECIPES, CUSINE, CULTURE
The cookbook “A Taste of Greece – Recipes, Cuisine & Culture” signed by HRH Princess Tatiana and Diana Farr Louis (teNeues), was published in June 2016. And it is not just another cookbook…It could be titled «For the Love of Greece» as it has been developed into a project which brought together 30 personalities from across the world, with a common characteristic: their love for Greek cuisine, Greek food, original recipes, secrets and traditions that only families share from one generation to the next…
Men and women, amateur cooks or not, ambitious chef who gave their favorite recipes, talked about their much-love foods and opened their heart as they shared their memories that revealed, through taste, what Greece means for them. Besides HRH Tatiana Blatnik and Diana Farr Louis, a New-Yorker who first visited Greece in 1963, the presence of NGO “BOROUME” (“We Can”) adds a human dimension in this project as it s the only nonprofit organization in Greece dedicated to reducing food waste and fighting malnutrition at the same time. All proceeds from this book’s sale will support BOROUME in supplying meals for still more families.
A SHORT INTERVIEW
-If you were to choose one recipe from your book, that smells like Greece, to share with someone that has never visited Greece which one would it be?
I would choose the traditional “ntakos,” prepared with tomatoes, feta cheese, oregano and extra virgin olive oil piled onto a “paximadi” – which is essentially dry barley rusk/dried bread. On their own, these ingredients are so simple but, when combined, make an amazing whole.
-How did the idea for TRIA start? Which products or collaborations would you highlight for the summer of 2016?
The idea for TRIA ETC was born a few years ago, when I first met with Christina Filiagkouridou and Elina Sbokou, and is the result of our love of Greece and eagerness to promote abroad the wonderful work of talented Greek creators. We are equally proud of all our collections because they exemplify our team’s commitment to excellence and the artisans’ rare skills and perfected techniques – from our handwoven items, after several tens of hours on the look, to hand-built and hand-drawn clay dinnerware as well as hand-embroidered accessories. We feel truly privileged to be working with such talented and, in many cases world-renowned, designers and artistic minds.
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CREDITS
Words:
Sandy Tsantaki
Issue:
Greece is the word