regional dishRecommended
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The Verdict
Recommended — the dish that proves Greek vegetable cooking is serious.
Why go
For tomatoes and peppers stuffed with herbed rice, baked until the skins blister — a vegetarian dish that's the test of a home-cooking taverna.
Time needed
A meal
Best for
Food · Vegetarian
Skip if
you only want meat
Best months
Summer
Recommendation
Recommended
Understand the place
Tomatoes and peppers stuffed with herbed rice and baked until the skins blister. The vegetarian dish that separates a real home-cooking taverna from a tourist one.
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