Pumpkins, The Greek Way

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One of the many fall dishes I make to use up our large supply of pumpkins. View recipe here.


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An unusually deep-flavored sweet pumpkin pie from the large island of the northeastern Aegean. View recipe here.


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Based on the dish prepared by Lebanese chef and food writer Anissa Helou . View recipe here.


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You can make these preserves, the easiest of the spoon sweets, with leftover decorative pumpkins, perhaps to offer to your friends as a home-made, edible present. View recipe here .

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This colorful and complex salad has a satisfying combination of fall ingredients: olive-oil rubbed, roasted pumpkin cubes, mixed with spinach or arugula leaves, crumbled feta, pine nuts, and a vinaigrette dressing. Learn more here.


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To seed and peel a large pumpkin, cut in segments with a very large knife...


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...then cut each segment pieces lay them flat on the working surface and cut the peel with a sharp chef's knife, as shown in the picture.


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Aglaia Kremezi writes about food in Greek, European, and American magazines, publishes books about Mediterranean cooking in the U.S. and Greece, and teaches cooking classes.