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Fanouropita, the lost and found cake - Photo by: Greek Table Cooking

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Recipe – Fanouropita – Greek Lost and Found Cake

  Until I watched Katerina (Not only a top chef, owner of the popular Maistrali Taverna Loutraki but also a mine of information) make this symbolic cake I had no idea about the wonderful story...

Papoutsakia - Little Shoes - Greek-Style Stuffed Aubergines

Greek Cuisine

Recipe For Papoutsakia – Little Shoes – Greek-Style Stuffed Aubergines

  Now, when you think of aubergines and Greece, you’re thinking of moussaka right? But, did you know the most famous dish of Greece; moussaka, has a close relation, “Papoutsakia”, in English “little shoes”?  ...

Lemon Drizzle Cake - Lemon Curd – Lemon No Churn Ice Cream

Greek Cuisine

Lemon Recipes – Drizzle Cake – Lemon Curd – No Churn Ice Cream and More!

    Anyone who knows me well, knows better than to bring me chocolate, unless, of course, it’s Pavlides Greek chocolate; dark chocolate with a zingy, mouthwatering, gooey lemon filling.  For as long as...

Greek Cuisine - Fasolakia Lathera.  Green Beans in Tomato Sauce

Greek Cuisine

Recipe For Fasolakia Lathera – Greek-style Green Beans in Tomato Sauce

  What’s the first thing that comes to mind when someone mentions Greek cuisine?  Yes, I know what you’re going to say:  “Souvlaki, moussaka, tzatziki, dolmades (Stuffed vine leaves).    Souvlaki, moussaka, tzatziki, dolmades...

Kreatosoupa: Traditional Greek Meat Soup, Made With Beef

Greek Cuisine

Recipe – Kreatosoupa – Traditional Greek Beef Soup

  The perfect day for a warming soup , MGG (My Greek God), went off first thing with his shopping list and was back in two shakes of a lamb’s tail with all the...

Arakas lathera. Peas cooked with olive oil

Greek Cuisine

Recipe – Arakas Lathera – Greek-Style Peas Cooked in Tomato Sauce

  The Mediterranean Diet is considered the healthiest diet in the world, with its use of organic Greek olive oil, fresh fruit and vegetables, fish, cheese and very little meat, Greek cuisine certainly falls...

Fasolada - Traditional Greek Bean Soup

Greek Cuisine

Recipe For Fasolada – Traditional Greek Bean Soup

  Fasolada, Greek bean soup, a very nourishing dish with lots of protein, fibre and iron, is just the thing for an autumn day. As soon as the first hint of autumn hits, Greeks...

Ancient Greek Aphrodisiacs

Great Greek Lists / Greece: ancient and modern / Greek Cuisine / Greek Mythology

10 Ancient Greek Aphrodisiacs – The Food of Love

  The word aphrodisiac has its roots in Ancient Greek and derives from the name of the Greek Goddess of love and beauty, Aphrodite, who, according to Greek mythology, was born from the sea,...

Aromatic Herbs of Ancient Greece

Great Greek Lists / Greek Cuisine

12 Aromatic Herbs of Ancient Greece – Their Myths and Uses

    The Greek climate is ideal for growing herbs, which are to be found in abundance, flourishing on mountain sides and green meadows where they grow naturally. When walking through the beautiful countryside of...

“Fakes” Greek lentil soup

Greek Cuisine

Recipe Fakes – Lentil Soup – Bonus Recipe – Quick Garlic Bread

  I love lentils though I never used to, well, that’s not really true, I don’t know whether I did or I didn’t!  Silly isn’t it?   But I decided, without even trying them, that...