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The Frugal Gourmet, with chef Jeff Smith, is an amazingly thorough video collection with over 80 episodes that include food recipes from around the world. In each episode, Smith demonstrates several simple but important recipes. This episode takes viewers on a tour of a Greek restaurant, then teaches them to prepare authentic Greek dishes. Recipes include Saganaki (fried cheese), Plaki (baked fish), Deep Fried Squid, and Skorthalia (garlic sauce.) Smith not only cooks, but also discusses the theological and anthropological histories of the dishes he prepares. He brings humor and wide-ranging knowledge into the kitchen.