Stories, provenance and tradition

Stories from the Market

Every object has a story—of a place, a maker, a tradition or a moment in Greek history. These stories offer context for the things selected for Pappas Market.

Vrontes heather honey from Ios with a wooden honey dipper
Food & Table

Ios, Beyond the Postcard

A jar of heather honey reveals another side of Ios: wild plants, a family apiary and a flavor with a little bitterness in its sweetness.
Olives and leaves on a sunlit olive branch
Food & Table

The Last Thing on the Plate

Dinner may be cooked, but a final drizzle and a few crystals can still change the way you taste it.
A slice of portokalopita topped with orange on a white plate
Food & Table

Portokalopita and the Second Cup

Orange, phyllo and syrup make a dessert with presence. The best accompaniment may be enough time to stay at the table.
Pi Bakerie almond pound cake in a loaf pan on linen
Food & Table

The Recipe That Found a New Address

Pi Bakerie’s almond pound cake carries a family recipe from Greece into a New York bakery—and onward to another table.
Cycladic-style illustration of a Greek fisherman and taverna owner in a navy cap talking with a visiting executive beside the sea, with an empty blue chair at the table.
Food & Table

A Taverna of Your Own

A Wall Street executive has big plans for Spiros and his seaside taverna. Spiros has one question—and a table with room for another chair.