Andreas Staikos- Dangerous cooking

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Category: Literature

Published on Thursday, 06 August 2015 16:46

If you are a Greek cuisine lover, be ready for a literary feast because we would like to propose you a delicious story that will make you hungry!

The plot of “Dangerous cooking” mixes a pleasure of eating and a love intrigue, where two men Dimitris and Damokles compete for beautiful but picky Nana by cooking for her delicious Greek dishes.

Witty and emotionally unstable, Nina is not able to choose between the culinary skills of her two lovers so she finally finds an alternative solution.

Andreas Staikos, the author of the book, is not only a novel- but also a theatre script- writer. Apart from his plays are extremely popular in Greece, you could also see them in Paris or Rio de Janeiro.

“Dangerous cooking” was released for the first time in 1998 and translated from Greek to many different languages.

Masterful writing skills of the author make the book gripping already from the first sentence and it brings to mind Julio Cortazár and Eduardo Men­doza masterpieces.

What makes the book unique and remarkable are recipes of dishes that the main characters cook, in the end of every chapter. Eventually it gives seventeen sophisticated dishes that you cannot resist to make them on your own.

So if you are ready for a delightful journey through the Greek cuisine and culture, take the book of Andreas Staikos and enjoy every bite of the story.