Good Friends & GREEK SALAD

I RANG IN MY 21st BIRTHDAY IN ATHENS on a hospital bed. (I got in the way of a Greek driver so he fractured my pelvis with his car.) While the accident didn’t leave lasting physical complications, it left the Amy that I am today. Lying in bed for two months gives one unique perspective on what’s important and what is not. Jaywalking? Not important. But friends who use phone cards are. So, in celebration of good friends and all things Greek – especially Hellenic food – I present the latest Stupidly Simple Snack: Greek Salad.

Last month, I visited my old Boston University friend, Amy, in Philly and fell in love with her adorable kitchen in her equally quaint attic apartment. While waiting for a table to open up at the restaurant Mercato, we threw some veggies in a bowl, topped it with feta, and captured the whole thing on Amy’s MacBook Pro. What’s more, her boyfriend Greg was on hand to lend his professional acting skills to the project (You can see him next in Wall Street 2 and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson at the Public Theater 3/23-4/25). The result is my favorite Stupidly Simple Snack to date – and it doesn’t involve sugar or look like a cupcake! amy • february 18, 2010

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MUSIC Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass • Zorba The Greek