Nikolaos Tselementes Explained

Nikolaos Tselementes
(Greek, Modern (1453-);: Νικόλαος Τσελεμεντές)
Birth Date:1878
Birth Place:Exampela, Sifnos, Greece
Death Date:2 March 1958 (aged 79-80)
Style:Greek, French
Education:Vienna
Prevrests:Hermes Hotel, Athens
St. Moritz Hotel, New York

Nikólaos Tselementés (1878  - 2 March 1958)[1] [2] [3] [4] was a Greek chef and cookbook author of the early 20th century. He is considered one of the most influential cookery writers of modern Greece, specialising in both Greek and French cuisine.

Biography and career

He was born in Exabela (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Εξάμπελα|label=none),[5] a village on the island of Sifnos, and grew up in Athens, where he finished high school. At first, he worked as a notary clerk, then he started cooking, working at his father's and uncle's restaurant.

He studied cooking for a year in Vienna and, on his return to Greece, worked for various embassies. He became initially known for the magazine Cooking Guide (Odigos Mageirikis) that he began publishing in 1910, which included – in addition to recipes – nutritional advice, international cuisine, cooking news, etc.

In 1919, he became manager of hotel "Hermes", and the next year he left for America, where he worked in several well-known restaurants, while also following higher studies in cooking, confectionery and dietetics.

In 1930, he published the influential cookbook Cooking and Patisserie Guide .[6] [7] [8] [9]

He returned to Greece in 1932, founded a small cooking and confectionery school and brought out his well-known book of recipes, which, being the first complete cookbook in Greek, had over fifteen official reprints during the following decades. In 1950,[10] he published his only book in English, Greek Cookery.[11]

Influenced by French cuisine, he had been the modernizer of Greek cuisine as, thanks to him, the Greek housewives learned of béchamel sauce, pirozhki, and bouillabaisse.[12] [13] He created also the modern versions of mousaka, pastitsio, and anginares (artichokes) alla polita.

His surname, Tselementes, is today in Greece a synonym of "cookbook", and is also used in jest about someone who can cook very well.[14]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The history of Greek Chef Nikolaos Tselementes. el. 18 March 2019.
  2. Web site: Nikolaos Tselementes: The man who made history with his recipe book and changed cooking in Greece. el. 19 January 2024.
  3. Web site: Nikolaos Tselementes - The revolutionary of Greek gastronomy. el. 2 March 2022. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20220928163141/https://docuventa.gr/nikolaos-tselementes/. 28 September 2022.
  4. Web site: On This Day: Influential Greek chef, Nikolaos Tselementes, passed away . 2 February 2021 . . Andriana . Simos . live. https://web.archive.org/web/20220307185109/https://greekherald.com.au/culture/history/on-this-day-influential-greek-chef-nikolaos-tselementes-passed-away/. 7 March 2022 .
  5. Web site: Sifnos: the most delicious Greek island . Condé Nast Traveler. 8 August 2023. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20230409154911/https://www.cntraveller.com/gallery/sifnos-greece-greek-islands. 9 April 2023.
  6. Web site: Nikos Tselementes: The greatest Greek cook was from Sifni . 26 January 2021.
  7. Web site: Greek cuisine and Nikolaos Tselementes: Visit the birthplace of the nation's Mrs Beeton on Sifnos. The Independent. 21 March 2016 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160322000636/https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/greek-cuisine-and-nikolaos-tselementes-visit-the-birthplace-of-the-nation-s-mrs-beeton-on-sifnos-a6938941.html . 22 March 2016 .
  8. Book: Hodēgos mageirikēs . Nikolaos K. Tselementes . . 1951. Oikos M.I. Saliverou. 10723120 .
  9. Web site: Nikolaos Tselementes Changed Greek Cuisine Forever - But for Better or Worse? . Katherine . LaGrave . . 30 October 2019 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221202054454/https://www.saveur.com/greek-chef-tselementes-legacy/ . 2 December 2022.
  10. Book: Tselementes, Nikolaos . Greek Cookery - listings. 1950 . . Divry. 422543.
  11. News: Judith . Weinraub . Back to the Classics . 11 August 2004 . Washington Post . 7 June 2016 .
  12. Cullather. Nick. The Foreign Policy of the Calorie . The American Historical Review . 2007 . 112 . 2. 337–364 . 10.1086/ahr.112.2.337. 17907347. free.
  13. Web site: Traditional Greek Cooking Is Nothing Like You Imagine It . 9 February 2024 . The Spruce Eats . en.
  14. Web site: The Tselementes Effect on Greek Cooking . Nancy. Gaifyllia . 5 August 2021 . live. https://web.archive.org/web/20231119082821/https://www.thespruceeats.com/tselementes-effect-greek-cooking-1705419 . 19 November 2023.

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