Book Launch: Ela! Ela! by Ella Mittas

Ella Mittas is a pop-up chef and emerging food writer who lives and works in Melbourne.

Her Greek heritage and a fascination with traditional foods and cooking styles led her to live and work in Turkey, Greece and Israel.

Ela! Ela! (meaning 'Come, come' in Greek) is Ella's first book (self-published) and a personal record of her travels and food experiences. Through her stories and recipes Ella explores her Anglo-Greek identity, and the myriad ways in which she makes connections to her culture and heritage through food.

Full of simple, honest and traditional Greek and Eastern Mediterranean food, Ela! Ela! is a very accesible and personal book .... In Ella's own words,

"If you take one thing from this book, it should be how vegetable-focused Greek and Turkish cuisine can be, I think a lot of people have misconceptions that they’re meat-heavy. Also that cooking well doesn’t need to be hard if you have good, seasonal flavour combinations; many of the dishes in the book are very simple. Actually, scratch that – if you take one thing from the book, I’d want it to be the joy of slow-braising vegetables in olive oil, I think that incorporates both of those ideas. "

We're looking forward to chatting to Ella about her travels, recipes, the importance of vegetables in Greek culture and the lessons she learnt about her own relationship with food.

Please join us on 22nd November for an intimate chat, some tastes from the book and a glass of wine or two

Tickets are limited.

FAQs

I can't attend an event, can I buy/pre-order a signed copy of the book?

Yes. Copies will be available for signing and purchase on the night. If you can't attend, we can organise to post signed and personalised copies to you.

What are my transport/parking options getting to the event?

If you haven't been to one of our events for a while, please note we have moved to the northern side of the Queen Victoria Market. Our new address is 115-121 Victoria Street (next to A Shed)

The 19, 20, 57 (Elizabeth St)and 55 (William & Peel St) trams go past the Queen Victoria Market and run frequently. We are in the Free Tram Zone and are a short 50m walk from the Elizabeth St Queen Victoria Market stop and the Peel St Queen Victoria Market stop. Melbourne Central and Flagstaff railway stations are two blocks away.

If driving, there is plenty of metered parking on Queen St near the corner of Victoria St. There is also limited parking on Victoria Street outside the store.