Tiffany’s Wine & Spirit Shoppe in Kalamazoo offers more than wine

Late lunch with friends in Greece
Greece food
Image by rsepulveda

Tiffany’s Wine & Spirit Shoppe in Kalamazoo offers more than wine
Fresh sandwiches and salads, bulk olive oil and other gourmet foods are all part of the experience at Tiffany’s Wine & Spirit Shoppe.
Read more on The Kalamazoo Gazette

Late lunch with friends in Greece
Greece food
Image by rsepulveda

Roasted Eggplant Salad, melitzanosalata in Greek, is one of the classic meze plates. It’s healthy, delicious, and easy to make. All you need is great Greek olive oil, eggplants (aubergines), salt, and a pinch of sugar. You can add any herbs you want to that basic recipe, or embellish it with feta cheese, capers, tomatoes, even walnuts. Diane Kochilas and Greekfoodtv show you how to prepare it at home. In Greek: μελιτζανοσαλάτα, pronounced meh-leed-zah-no-sah-LAH-tah If you are a devoted fan of the traditional, cook the eggplant over a wood fire – or add wood chips to a charcoal grill and cook it for that deep, smoky taste. This version is easier and delivers a tasty result, and includes chopped tomatoes.Eggplant salads and appetizers are the salads and appetizers made primarily of eggplants (aubergines). There is variety of such dishes throughout the cuisines of different regions and countries of the world.Eggplant salad, Salată de vinete or Vinetta is a both Hungarian and Romanian mashed eggplant salad made of grilled, peeled and finely chopped eggplants, sunflower oil and chopped onions. The eggplants are grilled until they are covered with black ash crust. The crust is cleaned off and the remaining cooked eggplant is mashed with a blunt, thick wooden knife on a wooden platter (using a metal knife will turn the eggplant flesh black). The eggplant mash is mixed in a bowl, stirring continuously, with sunflower oil, chopped onions and salt. The mix is beaten vigorously