Peináo: A Greek Feast for All Recipes to Feed Hungry Guests

Modern Greek feasts to feed those you love.

Peináo is a contemporary celebration of traditional tried-and-tested Greek food, delivered feast style: cooking for roommates, brunch with your besties, or making Sunday dinner for the whole family. It isn’t another taverna cookbook; authors Helena and Vikki Moursellas are here to share their fun and modern spins on the Greek classics, presented in a beautiful coffee table cookbook.

Peináo translates to “I’m hungry” in Greek, and that’s how you’ll feel flipping through this book. Whether you’re cooking for a dinner party, breakfast with the in-laws, a mezze with the neighbors—name the occasion or palette and there is a suitable, mouthwatering feast to accompany it, presented with love and a great story that will leave readers with warmth in their hearts and their stomachs.

Helena and Vikki Moursellas are identical twins born in Adelaide, South Australia. They learned how to cook from their Greek grandmother, Koula, and grew up with a passion and love for Mediterranean cuisine. Finalists on Australia’s TV show My Kitchen Rules, the twins won the hearts of the nation with their Greek family food. In 2015, they published their first cookbook Taking You Home: Simple Greek Food for Friends & Family with Hachette Books Australia.
They have spent the last seven years working in the food industry in Sydney and currently work in publishing. Helena Moursellas is the assistant food editor at delicious. magazine and Vikki Moursellas works as a freelance photo chef and recipe developer with brands such as Bed Threads, Yellow Tail Wine, Sunbeam, and Olea olive oil.