Interviews with food professionals
Diane Kochilas
Diane Kochilas' publicist sent me a copy of Ikaria: Lessons on Food, Life, and Longevity from the Island Where People Forget to Die, her cookbook just published last month. I knew of Diane — an authority on Greek cuisine — but had never met her. I knew that her Glorious Foods of Greece had won the prestigious IACP Jane Grigson Award for Excellence in Research, and that she's the consulting chef at Molyvos, a NYC Greek restaurant near Carnegie Hall that I've dined at before I began reviewing. I learned recently — after reaching out to her to be our Guest Foodie — that she has the Glorious Greek Kitchen, [...]