Thessaloniki
Rick's series of culinary city breaks continues with a trip to the north eastern Greek city of Thessaloniki. Rick arrives just in time for the peach harvest.
Rick's series of culinary city breaks continues with a trip to the north eastern Greek city of Thessaloniki nestling on the northern shores of the Aegean Sea. The city is revered as the gourmet capital of Greece and birthplace to possibly the greatest warrior general that ever lived, Alexander.
Rick explores a city of many identities, a time warp of Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman structures surprisingly teeming with a very young student population hungry for dishes that reflect the freshest of seafood, vibrant mezzes flavoured with cinnamon, paprika and saffron and sweet syrupy pastries. A true blend of west meeting east. Rick arrives just in time for harvesting peaches on land and mussels out at sea.
At home he cooks veal and aubergine stew after meeting the doyenne of Greek cooking Vefa Alexiadou.
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Web exclusive: Greek meatballs
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Music Played
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Karras Basilis
De Ftaio Ego Pou Megalono
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Rick Stein |
Producer | David Pritchard |
Director | David Pritchard |
Production Company | Denham Productions |
Broadcasts
- Fri 9 Dec 2016 21:00
- Tue 17 Jan 2017 19:00
- Sat 11 Nov 2017 11:00
- Sat 30 Mar 2019 12:00
- Sat 28 Mar 2020 19:00
- Sun 29 Mar 2020 03:15
- Sat 28 May 2022 20:00
- Sun 29 May 2022 01:15
- Sun 28 Apr 2024 19:00
- Mon 29 Apr 2024 01:40
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