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Greek Recipes

8 food & art pairings

Pistachio-topped baklava in a white baking dish beside Jules Coignet's sunlit painting View of Beirut

Baklava with Jules Coignet's "View of Beirut" (1844)

Baked stuffed tomatoes and peppers in a baking dish beside Steve McCurry's Afghan Girl portrait of Sharbat Gula

Greek Stuffed Tomatoes & Peppers

A slice of pastitsio beside a still of Melina Mercouri dancing in the film Never on Sunday

"Pastitsio" | Baked Greek Lasagna with Meat Sauce & Béchamel

A plate of melomakarona with crushed walnuts beside Nikiforos Lytras's painting Calanda of children caroling

Melomakarona (Honey Walnut Cookies)

Sesame-topped feta hand pies on a wooden board beside Degas's green and gold monotype Forest in the Mountains

Feta Cheese Hand Pies

Sliced beets with goat cheese and walnuts on a white plate beside Henri Fantin-Latour's painting Chrysanthemums

Beets with Goat Cheese & Toasted Walnuts

Plate of fennel croquettes with yogurt beside photos from TAMA magazine of Tinos dovecotes and yellow wild fennel

Fennel Croquettes

Eggs baked in tomato sauce with feta and herbs in a cast iron skillet beside Rothko's orange and navy No. 14

Shakshukha with Mark Rothko's No. 14 (1960)