title: The Summer of My Greek Taverna: A Memoir
author:  Tom Stone 
description: In this feast for all senses, Stone brings readers into the tiny Greek island world of Patmos in a prose that feels as languid as the pace of the Patmian people. At 33, Stone, a Broadway stage manager, puts $10,000 of an inheritance in the stock market and leaves New York for what he intends to be a five-month stay in Greece, where he would fulfill his dream of writing a novel. But five months quickly turns into love, marriage, two children and several years when he meets Danielle, a 23-year-old French painter. After moving to Rethymnon, Stone teaches English as a second language while Danielle continues to paint until an old Patmian friend, Theologos, phones and invites Stone to become his partner for the summer in his beach taverna, The Beautiful Helen. Leaping at the opportunity, Stone, and a very reluctant Danielle, pack up their two children, a Cuisinart and Stone's many recipes, and return to the island where they fell in love and where they would soon learn the hard lessons that come with Greek traditions, bargaining, the ever-present Evil Eye, and their naive trust in Theologos, known to all as O Lados, "the oily one." This nicely told memoir and travelogue is interspersed with Stone's recipes, sensual descriptions of food and place, and the love of his wife and children.<br />Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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  * [CHAPTER I. WHEREIN A VERY BUSY YOUNG MAN STARTS ON
  
  
  AN ABSOLUTE REST
  
  
  * [CHAPTER II. WHEREIN MR. TURNER PLUNGES INTO THE
  
  
  BUSINESS OF RESTING
  
  
  * [CHAPTER III. MR. TURNER APPLIES BUSINESS PROMPTNESS
  
  
  TO A MATTER OF DELICACY
  
  
  * [CHAPTER IV. A LITTLE VACATION PASTIME IN WHICH
  
  
  GREEK MEETS GREEK
  
  
  * [CHAPTER V. MISS JOSEPHINE'S FATHER AGREES THAT SAM
  
  
  TURNER IS ALL BUSINESS
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VI. IN WHICH THE SUMMER LOAFER ORDERS SOME
  
  
  MARASCHINO CHOCOLATES
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VII. WHICH EXHIBITS THE IMPORTANCE OF
  
  
  REMEMBERING A DANCE NUMBER
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VIII. NOT SAM'S FAULT THIS TIME](eabir_split_9.html#1_0_9)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER IX. WHEREIN SAM TURNER PROVES HIMSELF TO
  
  
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  * [CHAPTER X. THE VALUE OF A PIANOLA TRAINING](eabir_split_11.html#1_0_11)
  
  
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