Join award-winning food writer Georgina Hayden and Molly Tait-Hyland for a conversation about her new book Greekish: Everyday Recipes with Greek Roots.
Greekish is Georgina’s most accessible and personal book to date. Inspired by her Greek-Cypriot roots and her Greek travels, Georgina's recipes are sunshine inspired and bursting with flavour. Straight-forward and straight-up tasty, Georgina shares familiar Mediterranean classics, as well as plenty of Greek-influenced dishes with Georgina’s twists, all with fewer ingredients and less stress.
10.00 - Guest Arrival
10.30 - Talk Start
11.30 - Q&A
12.00 – Book Signing
Talk & Lunch - £35 - access to the talk, with welcome refreshments and includes a two course lunch in the ox barn
Georgina Hayden
Georgina Hayden is a cook, food writer and stylist from north London. She writes for publications such as The Telegraph, Delicious Magazine and Observer Food Monthly, and in 2021, she won the Fortnum & Mason Best Cookery Writer Award for her work in Waitrose
Food magazine.
Growing up above her grandparents’ Greek-Cypriot taverna, Georgina developed a love of cooking and storytelling through the recipes passed down to her. She is the author of Stirring Slowly, Taverna and Nistisima.
Molly Tait-Hyland
Molly is a food writer and editor.
For eight years, she worked as contributing editor on the Observer Food Monthly, writing, editing and commissioning. She has also contributed to publications such as Guardian Feast and the Observer Magazine, and is part way through a Master's in Food Policy at City University. Molly is a keen gardener and during covid, worked in the kitchen gardens at Thyme.
Molly is married to Charlie Hibbert, chef Patron of Thyme, and presently spends her days looking after their baby, Florence.
Greekish: Everyday Recipes with Greek Roots
Inspired by her Greek-Cypriot roots and Greek travels, Georgina has collected vibrant, modern recipes that are
easy to throw together, bursting with flavour and showcase familiar Mediterranean ingredients in classic
combinations, as well as ones with a twist.
With fewer ingredients and less stress, they are perfect for cooking ahead, weeknight dinners and relaxed weekend meals featuring hero dishes: Sticky aubergine and pomegranate tart for a crowd-pleasing centrepiece.
Spanakopita jacket potatoes as a twist on the weeknight classic One-pot pastisio for an easy meal everyone will love. Baklava cheesecake as a show-stopping dessert.
There are easy breakfasts, small dishes and snacks, salads, desserts and even whole sections of recipes inspired by the iconic spanakopita and baklava.
Georgina’s ‘Greekish’, everyday recipes are all about low effort with maximum results, reflecting the communal and welcoming personality of Greek food.
PRAISE FOR GREEKISH
‘Simple, vibrant, joyful dishes. This food, from my Greekish sister, is exactly the kind I want to eat' JAMIE OLIVER
‘Sunshine on a plate. Vibrant, flavoursome food that everyone can enjoy’ TOM KERRIDGE
Georgina has a magic touch – her food looks and tastes so beautiful and is always so easy to make.
If you like Greek food, you’ll adore Greekish!’ ITAMAR SRULOVIC, Honey & Co