Yiayia next door / Daniel & Luke Mancuso (with Yiayia).
Publication details: Melbourne, VIC : Plum, 2022.Description: 206 pages : colour illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:- 9781760988111 (paperback)
- Yiayia Next Door : recipes from Yiayia's kitchen, and the true story of one woman's incredible act of kindness
- 641.59495 23
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Non-Fiction | 641.594 MAN | Available | 064080 |
Includes index.
Introduction -- To our Yiayia Next Door community, old and new -- Proino breakfast -- Artoskevasmata pastries -- Soupes soups -- Zimarika & rizi pasta, bread & rice -- Thalassina & kreatika seafood & meat -- Salates & lahanika salads & vegetables -- Glika sweets -- Thanks -- Index.
When Daniel and Luke Mancuso lost their beloved mother Teresa to domestic violence, the Greek grandmother next door stepped in and started looking after them, passing home-cooked meals over the fence. This simple act of kindness helped Daniel and Luke navigate the fog of grief that followed, and captured the hearts of Australia when they started to share the meals and their special relationship with 'Yiayia' on social media. Now we can all enjoy Yiayia's home cooking, with this collection of traditional recipes from her kitchen and those of yiayias all around Australia. Yiayia's food is pure comfort: pastries such as spanakopita and tiropita; warming soups made with chickpeas, lentils and beans; hearty pasta and rice dishes such as moussaka and yemista; the unmistakable flavours of barbecued lamb and keftedes; and delicious desserts such as baklava and custard-filled galaktoboureko. This is a book about the power of food to bring people together. It's about love forged in tragedy, the importance of connection and how simple gestures, such as giving someone a home-cooked meal, can transform lives and restore hope.