Gastra
A clay baking dish: orzo and meat share one pot, and the table smells like tomato, cinnamon, and the oven.
Greek cuisine · Cookware
Greek hearths
The pots, disks, and ovens that make Greek food sound like itself — not a substitute skillet with the same recipe printed on top.
A cuisine is a shape of fire as much as a spice drawer. These are the vessels this kitchen still cooks in — the hearths of the country, with an Amazon search if you want to bring one home.
Back to Greek cooking · Open the Greek pantry · All cookware
Dutch oven
A heavy pot with a tight lid: the one the 30 books reach for when they do not name a country-specific hearth.
Fish kettle
A long, narrow pot with a rack: a whole fish poached in court-bouillon and lifted out in one piece.
Briki
A small copper pot with a long handle: coffee boiled with the grounds until the foam is the whole point.
Saganaki pan
A small, two-handled pan: cheese that fries, shrimp that sizzle, and a dish named after the vessel.
Yiouvetsi pot
A clay baking pot: orzo, tomato, and meat that finish in the oven the Greek way.
Tsoukali
A tall clay stew pot: bean soups and Lenten dishes that want an overnight fire.
Keep cooking
The Greek pantry, pots, and table
The spices, mixes, and hearths that belong to Greek cooking — then the people around them, and the kitchens still joining the table.
Open the Greek pantry Open Greek cookware The Greek table Host a Greek night Join the community