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Αυγολέμονο Avgolemono
Avgolemono is a Greek lemon chicken soup. It’s light, bright, slightly creamy and full of zesty lemony goodness. As a citrus lover, avgolemono is one of my favorite soups and now is the time to make it; these cold, winter months are peak citrus season. This avgolemono recipe is essentially an enriched chicken broth or stock, with a mixture of egg and lemon juice, to which traditionally rice is added.
Carrot & Arugula Salad
This is a bright and crunchy salad that is a delight for any time of year. The sweet and crunchy carrots compliment the peppery arugula and bright lemon. The cherries add some chew, and can be substituted for another dried fruit or omitted if you’d prefer. Over the winter, when I was limited produce on the grocery store shelf, this salad hit the spot. Now that springtime is in full swing, arugula can be found at most farm stands, so if you can get your hands on some, even better.
Stuffed Zucchini with Avgolemono Sauce Κολοκυθάκια γεμιστά
I had the recent fortune of staying in a beautiful village in the mountains of Crete. A paradise in its own right, the island boasts a cuisine all its own. Every meal was a delicious exploration of Greek and Cretan cooking, and this dish was one of the highlights. I came home determined to try my hand at it, and share it with all of you. It’s a summer comfort food: fat, juicy zucchinis stuffed with fragrant beef, smothered in a bright lemon sauce.
Pasta e Ceci (pasta with chickpeas)
Pasta e ceci is a deliciously simple, classic Roman dish that dates back many centuries, even millennia. Despite having a slightly shorter history in my kitchen, pasta e ceci has quickly become a favorite, even with little Levi. Extremely versatile and never the same twice, there exist many variations on this classic combination of pasta cooked in chickpea broth.
MDAR plus pesto
Summertime in New England is a joyous time for us fellow cooks. Beautiful, ripe and absolutely delicious fruits and vegetables are in abundance: crunchy cucumbers just picked off the vine, fragrant tomatoes, juicy peaches and even the occasional squash blossom for stuffing. While farmers have graced us with their beautiful bounty across the region, it’s our job to seek it out. As we all know, sourcing good food can be just as involved (and rewarding) as cooking it.
Μελομακάρονα Melomakarona Cookies
Melomakarona, a traditional Greek Christmas cookie, is one of my favorite cookies. They’re super moist and sweet, nutty, spicy and exotic. These cookies really embody the Mediterranean diet with orange and lemon, olive oil, grape brandy, semolina flour, nuts and honey.
Date Cookies גלילת תמרים
Home-cooked meals bestowed upon us in the most needy of times are usually the most appreciated and enjoyed. If you have had the fortune to receive the kindness of others during a time of sickness or in this case, birth, you know what I mean. After the birth of our son, Levi, we were incredibly fortunate to receive so many thoughtful gifts and visits from friends and family, including some delicious meals, which filled our hungry bellies, sustained our tired bodies and warmed our souls.
Carrot and Lentil Soup
Despite the April date and official spring designation, weather around this time can be predictably unpredictable. Given that, and the late start to farmers markets in New England, I find this soup to be perfectly appropriate for an ironically snowy, April evening (it’s equally delicious on a sunny afternoon). Only containing a few, pantry-friendly ingredients and quick to make, this soup couldn’t be easier to whip up any night of the week.
Στιφάδο Stifado
Stifado is a perfect winter stew. It’s exactly what you need on a cold winter’s night. A traditional Greek recipe, the tomato helps to tenderize the meat while it stews for hours on the stove, and the cinnamon, cracked black pepper and red wine vinegar give it depth and tangy flavor. This recipe can be made with any meat including beef, rabbit, lamb or veal. What makes it stifado is the ratio of onion to meat. You should use a lot of onions.
φασολάδα Fasolada
Fasolada is a Greek bean soup that is referred to as the national dish of Greece. It’s the humble superstar of winter; the hearty beans are inexpensive, filling and can be stored in the pantry; it’s a hot bowl of soup on a cold, winter night and it’s incredibly nutritious. Fasolada has been prepared in Greece since Antiquity, through tough times like WWII, when nothing else was available except for beans and herbs growing in the countryside, to today during Lent when meat is prohibited.
Scarola di Nonna Luciana For Christmas 2022, we...
Scarola di Nonna Luciana For Christmas 2022, we were blessed to celebrate with the Milone-Cohen family. Renato, from Salerno, on the Amalfi Coast of Italy, prepared Christmas dinner for this house of Jews. Among the delicacies we enjoyed was this traditional scarola dish from his grandmother, Nonna Luciana. Whenever we are lucky enough to eat Renato’s cooking, it is usually accompanied by an equally delicious story.
Aunt Hanna’s Meatballs הקציצות של דודה חנה
This year we have many blessings to be thankful for, among them, our new neighbors, the lovely Rebecca and Avihu. In a New York minute, they decided to move into a vacant apartment in our building. Since the beginning of the year, we’ve had the fortune to share our meals on countless occasions, some last-minute and intimate, and others, meticulously planned, executed, and involving the transport of extra chairs up and down the stairs.
Chicken Soup
In the depths of a New England winter, I can think of few more inviting dishes to indulge in than a bowl of hot chicken soup. It’s perfect for just about any old day in January, but if there is snow on the ground, a tickle in your throat or a toddler to feed, it’s pretty close to a godsend.
Stinging Nettle Malfatti
As summer arrives in all its glory, the farmers markets are back, and so is my blog. Recently from Middle Earth Farm at the Brookline Farmers Market, I found some beautiful stinging nettle, which, given the rarity of wild greens available in Boston, I couldn’t resist. Stinging nettle, a nutritious wild green that grows rampantly at this time of year, is perfect for making malfatti, a dumpling from Lombardia, similar to gnocchi.
Charoset
Charoset is my favorite dish on the Passover seder plate and I look forward to it all year. Truth be told, I’ve been known to make charoset in September or December, or whenever the urge arises for some sweet, crunchy mixture, paired with spicy horseradish/maror/hazeret and preferably, on some crisp matzah. Charoset can vary wildly in its ingredients, texture and taste. Ashkenazi recipes tend to have chopped apples, walnuts, cinnamon, honey or sugar, and possibly red wine.
Zucchini Rice Κολοκυθόρυζο
It’s not often that I come across a dish that is so delicious that I feel immediately compelled to post it here, for others to make and enjoy as soon as possible. This recipe, however, which I discovered on an un-assuming Greek recipe website (this is the best type of recipe archive in my opinion), is one of those.
Roasted Chicken
Just in time for Passover, this simple and delicious roasted chicken recipe is an easy pleaser and a great (and lower carbon footprint) alternative to the more common brisket. Inspired by the simple roasted chicken of my señora when studying abroad in Spain, the flavors of the braised garlic and roasted pepper are imbibed by the chicken and potatoes, while the carrots lend some subtle sweetness and of course, nutrition.
Green Risotto
Here in Boston we recently experienced an awakening, a revival of life, after the hardest winter in the history of Boston. That may sound dramatic, but after dealing with over 9 feet of snow and endless cold, I found myself questioning whether winter would ever end.
Summer Salad
At the height of summer, when the farmers markets are bursting with beautiful fruits and vegetables of every variety and at home, the kitchen is hot, there’s no better solution than a big salad. Super crunchy, flavorful, lemony and refreshing, this salad celebrates summer in all its glory. With the addition of many atypical ingredients, its an embellishment of the typical Israeli/Jerusalem salad.
Glacier ‘No Light Ever’ is out now!
We’re glad to announce the preorder for Glacier ‘No Light Ever’. You can listen to the whole record now via Heavy Blog Is Heavy.
Hypnodrone Ensemble ‘Plays Orchestral Favourites’... |
Hypnodrone Ensemble ‘Plays Orchestral Favourites’ is out now! All preorder have been shipped - thank you for your support! 'Anyone who appreciates some Unreal Hypnotic Space Rock and Kraut Rock is going to fiend for the new release from Hypnodrone Ensemble.’ - CVLT Nation ’…will feature arrangements of violin, baritone guitar and synth alongside drones, three drummers and, one assumes, whatever else they could possibly think of at that given moment.
Hypnodrone Ensemble ‘Plays Orchestral Favourites’... |
Happy to tell you that the first song from the upcoming Hypnodrone Ensemble album ‘Plays Orchestral Favourites’. Listen to 'Serial Staging’ via Echoes&Dust here and preorder your copy of the album here Edition of 500 copies: 100 x silver 100 x light orange 300 x black The record comes in a fully printed 300gsm innersleeve and a heavy 350gsm outer sleeve and has been mastered by James Plotkin.
WINTER SALE |
2018 is about to end and to say thank you to all people supporting this label we’re offering 25% off all WVR releasesin the shop. You don’t have to enter anything, the discount will automatically calculated in the end - sale runs until December 9.
WVR welcomes: Glacier
WVR welcomes: Glacier We are glad to welcome Glacier from Massachusetts to the family! Glacier is a five-piece instrumental band based in Boston, MA whose music fully embodies their name: a crushingly loud and unrelenting force. Since their inception, Glacier has played heavily throughout the Northeastern U.S. with friends such as Astronoid, Big Brave, Black Pyramid, Pray for Sound, Lume, Au Revoir, Shy Low, Set and Setting, thisquietarmy, Infinity Shred, InAeona and many more.
WVR welcomes: Heathe
After adding ARAKK from Copenhagen to the roster we’re excited to announce another outstanding band from Denmark. Heathe is a trance inducing blackened noise-rock outfit, from Aalborg. An eight piece consisting of reverb trenched horns, distant screams, massive walls of guitar noise, screeching organ drones, and repetitive heavy drums echoing in an eternal darkness.
WVR welcomes: ARAKK
Arakk is a Copenhagen-based band playing a mixture of doom, post and drone metal, but the music is also influenced by a lot of other rather different genres, such as electronica, noise, ambient and classical music. This reflects one of the basic ideas behind the band’s music: that it’s more about making powerful, heavy and most of all honest music, than of making music that necessarily fits into a particular genre or theme in terms of lyrics and the feelings expressed.
Heathe 'On The Tombstones; The Symbols Engraved' &... |
Heathe ‘On The Tombstones; The Symbols Engraved’ ► artwork by Art by Simon Gardarsson ► 180g heavy vinyl (200 copies white vinyl, 100 copies black vinyl) ► mastered by Angry Music Studios ► 350gsm outer sleeve (inside out) ► 300gsm inner sleeve ► incl. downloadcode Heathe is playing 3 release shows in Denmark starting today: 30/05. TAPE: Heathe ⨳ Sunken ⨳ kollapse, Aarhus w. kollapse & Sunken 31/05. Heathe ⨳ kollapse ⨳ Offermose at ALICE, Copenhagen w. kollapse & Offermose 01/06.
WVR WELCOMES: Hypnodrone Ensemble
Hypnodrone Ensemble was formed in Berlin in 2014 by the Canadian experimental/ambient guitars Aidan Baker (Nadja) and Eric Quach (thisquietarmy), along with the drummers David Dunnett, Jérémie Mortier (Alice in the Cities, Nearest Gas Station), and Felipe Salazar (Caudal). A quintet at its core, though occasionally expanding or changing members, the group creates free-form, semi-improvisational studies in rhythmic, psychedelic, atmospheric spacerock.
WVR welcomes: ASSES
WVR welcomes: ASSES ASSES is a project by Markus from Lantlôs & Christian from Valborg. First release will be an EP. The whole scenario is: Being that late teenage loser standing in the corner at a party wearing black metal shirts and just not fitting in. Can you relate? First song dropping soon.
WVR welcomes: Colored Moth
A pushing borders and punk ethics driven experiment touching noise-rock, post-hardcore and screamo elements ‘For us, creating music is more a natural thing and not just the technical control of an instrument. Consequently, the resulting sounds are raw, noisy and emotional. We like the experiment. We like explosions. We love what we do.’ WVR will release their second album in September in 12" format and digital.
Colored Moth ‘DIM’ is out now!
Colored Moth video ‘Whataboutism’ / 'DIM’ preorder ► Decibel Magazine premiering the video for 'Whataboutism’ 'Pairing skronky, jagged riffs and scream-yelled vocals with unsettling, abstract visuals, it leaves the listener more than a little curious about what else Colored Moth have up their sleeve for Dim.’ ► You can now order the 12" vinyl here limited to 300 copies (100 black / 200 grey/white vinyl) 180g vinyl 350gsm outer sleeve inside out artwork by Katy Strange incl. poster
Fawn Limbs ‘Trek Through a Black Maw’ is out now!
We’re glad to announce the preorder for Fawn Limbs ‘Trek Through a Black Maw’ compilation. The 12" vinyl WVR euro version will be limited to 150 copies (clear vinyl housed in a fully printed gatefold sleeve including lyric sheet / poster and download code). This is a co-release with Roman Numeral from the US with a total edition of 500 copies.
Out now: Walk Through Fire ‘Vår Avgrund'
Listen to the first track ‘Den Utan Botten’ via Invisible Oranges Hailing from Gothenburg, Sweden sludge doom quintet WALK THROUGH FIRE returns with their third studio opus entitled VÅR AVGRUND (Our Abyss). With 7 tracks and a total time of 75 minutes recorded this record is meant to be listened to in one piece – dragging you deeper into the abyss. Every chord, every snare hits the spot and is as important as the space in between.
Heathe ‘On The Tombstones; The Symbols Engraved’ &... |
Pre-order / stream: Heathe ‘On The Tombstones; The Symbols Engraved’ ► Stream the first part of the record now via Heavy Blog Is Heavy: http://tinyurl.com/listen-heathe ► Pre-order here: http://tinyurl.com/order-heathe Heathe is a project born in Aalborg, Denmark, with a core of one single person and an ever changing lineup.
ALDRIG WVR is glad to welcome ALDRIG... |
WVR WELCOMES: ALDRIG WVR is glad to welcome ALDRIG to the roster! ⛓️ Aldrig is a group from Belgium that was formed by ex Soul Grip members Gert Stals & Joren De Roeck. Musically unifying sounds from black metal, sludge & post metal; combined with visceral, layered vocals, Aldrig creates an avant-garde sonic landscape that reigns cathartic. Both anointing and abrasive, their first record “Yağmur” is a vessel for grief.
Fawn Limbs ‘Sleeper Vessels’ & ‘Harm... |
we are back with directly two records by mathcore trio Fawn Limbs that will leave you speechless: The upcoming second album ‘Sleeper Vessels’ & the debut LP 'Harm Remissions’ will be both available on 12" vinyl housed in a fully printed gatefold sleeve. The 12" vinyl euro version is limited to 300 copies each (200 copies marbled / 100 black housed in a fully printed gatefold sleeve including lyrics and download code).
WVR Summer Sale |
SUMMER SALE is on! Order for more than 40 € and get 21 % off & enter code:SUNHITS2021 Now is the time to get your records by Fawn Limbs, Heathe, ASSES, Colored Moth, Soldat Hans & more Plus distro records by This Charming Man-Records Narshardaa Records Kapitän Platte & more Valid until August 22. https://wolvesandvibrancyrex.bigcartel.com/
RORCAL HLGBLS OUT NOW
Almost exactly 11 years after seeing Rorcal for the first time in a - now demolished - rehearsal space in Karlsruhe we are glad to announce the release of the monolithic HELIOGABALUS on triple 12" vinyl for the first time - being released in 2010 on CD format only. This also includes the 30 minute ‘Prelude to Heliogabalus’ featuring Music for the Space. 'Going right out of inferno, HLGBLS is a 70 minutes song which illustrates the decadence of the Roman emperor, Heliogabalus.
OUT NOW: ALDRIG DEBUT ALBUM & FAWN LIMBS
ALDRIG ‘YAGMUR’ (WVR 058) Aldrig (BE) is a group that was formed by ex-Soul Grip members Gert Stals & Joren De Roeck. Musically unifying sounds from black metal, sludge & post metal; combined with visceral, layered vocals, Aldrig creates an avant-garde sonic landscape that reigns cathartic. Both anointing and abrasive, their first record “Yağmur” is a vessel for grief.
The Journey to ASMR Story
In July last year, Shadma told me her story about Indian barbers giving massages, and how the sound of those massages and haircuts has become a source of comfort for YouTube watching crowds worldwide. I hadn’t come across anything like this before, so naturally, my ears perked up after hearing this. Shadma shared a YouTube video of Baba Sen, a legendary figure in the world of ASMR, to warm me up about the topic. The video is from the mid-2000s, shot on a low-quality camera.
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