"The holy book of Greek food." —Christos Sourligas, bestselling author of My Big Fat Greek Cookbook A collection of 90+ traditional Greek recipes that will help you master classic favourites like spanakopita and baclava, and add dozens of new treats to your repertoire. Kathy Tsaples’s parents arrived in Australia as part of the early-1950s wave of immigrants from Greece and their household in Melbourne became a regular gathering place for the Greek families in their neighbourhood, nourished by Kathy’s mother’s cooking. Fast forward a few decades and following a battle with cancer that caused her to re-evaluate her life’s purpose, Kathy began to focus on the Hellenic cuisine handed down to her. She opened a shop and soon began collecting her family’s recipes into a book to share with home cooks. Stock your kitchen with Mediterranean staples like olive oil, lemon, olives, feta, rosemary, eggplant, spinach, tomato, peppers, dried beans, fish, and lamb and let Kathy teach you to make: Eggplant Dip - Slow Roasted Okra Casserole - Chargrilled Octopus - Koulourakia - Fig Spoon Sweet - and so many more! Organized around feasts from the Greek Orthodox calendar as well as national holidays, the book also has a chapter dedicated to winter meals and another all about sweets. With 90+ wholesome, highly flavourful recipes adapted for the North American kitchen, accompanied by rustic photography and family ephemera, Sweet Greek will help you master familiar Greek favourites like moussaka, tzatziki, spanakopita, dolmades, and baclava, and add dozens of new treats to your repertoire. "It’s like a culinary passport to help add dozens of delicious new treats to your repertoire." —Constantly Cooking "Kathy has literally cooked up the holy book of Greek food! With mouth-watering recipes, stunning photographs and historical tidbits, Sweet Greek takes you on a personal journey of family, nourishment and love. This cookbook is a must for all kitchens the world over." —Christos Sourligas, bestselling author of My Big Fat Greek Cookbook , award-winning filmmaker and producer "I love that Kathy has personal photographs and Greek traditions interwoven with her recipes. That together with the stunning food photographs showing what sharing food means to Greeks make for a very evocative book written with great love and pride by the author for her heritage."—Irini Tzortzoglou, Masterchef UK champion and author of Under the Olive Tree The daughter of Greek migrants Kathy Tsaples grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond. In 2012 she opened her stall, Sweet Greek, at the Prahran Market, selling baked goods and prepared meals. Since then she has authored two cookbooks, Sweet Greek and Sweet Greek Life , and has been awarded the HACCI Award for business excellence. She has also appeared as a guest chef on the programs My Market Kitchen and Everyday Gourmet . Australia, the promised land. The place where dreams come true. My mother and father were two people among the many thousands that migrated to this country with a dream for a better life. They arrived with only a suitcase, no money and no language skills, leaving behind their families and a country that was poverty-stricken and devoid of any opportunities for growth and development. Both my parents are from an area called Thessaly, considered to be the great plain of Greece. It is an important agricultural area, particularly for the production of grain, cattle and sheep. For as far as the eye can see, there are cotton, wheat and corn fields. It’s also renowned for its cheese production. Many of Greece’s traditional dishes, especially pies—for example, Spanakopita and Prasopita (made with leeks and cheese)—contain cheese, thus placing Thessaly at the core of Greece’s pita (pie) culture. The capital of Thessaly is Larisa. Larisa has a Mediterranean climate, with hot summers and cold winters, and in the vicinity of Mount Olympus the winter is harsh. My mother’s village, called Karya, is located at the foothills of the south side of Mount Olympus. Despite being a small village it has a rich tradition, both mythological and folk (Mount Olympus is the mountain home of the Greek gods). My mother was the youngest of four girls, but without a doubt the most gutsy and determined. As a child, she trained to become a professional dressmaker, following in the footsteps of her father, who was a tailor. This is how her family made a living. My mother, her eldest sister Katina, and my grandfather sewed while their other sister Effie did all the manual work, ploughing in the fields and so on. They were difficult years, as we were told over and over again. Poverty-stricken and affected by the First and Second World Wars and a civil war, they experienced the burning of homes in their village. My mother’s family home was destroyed by the Germans, which meant that, after the war, the girls had to carry one stone after another until the house was built again. Such strength, determination and, ab