WINTER
Hearty recipes for our bodies and souls
Fir tree tea
Last recipe for 2021.. What a year.. What a year, what a year... Makes me wonder how 2022 will be. I have a feeling that we have no idea what…
Golden Melomakarona
Unfortunately i have not been able to find my mother's recipe for this wonderful Greek traditional cookie that we make for the Christmas period. So, i made one and it…
Roasted Pumpkin and Persimmon soup
I love persimmons. Not so much that I believe that they taste great but I just love everything about them in a way. Most beautiful fruit tree for sure with…
Citron spoon sweet
So, this Citron spoon sweet is what love is about. Why not? What is love anyway? It is sweet but it can be bitter, it is sour and it can…
Pistachio slab
Around Christmas I had a great surprise by a friend.. well, not really a friend as we have hardly ever really talked and exchanged views about life, universe and everything,…
Vanilla Meringue Cake (Cipriani style)
A story about meeting people.. Why do we meet with some people? What brings us close and what drives us away? How do they touch our lives and what do…
Greek Orange Cake (portokalopita)
We have an iconic Greek dessert called Portokalopita. It is made with dried and crushed phyllo dough that you mix with a mixture of eggs, orange juice, yogurt and then…
Almond Cake
There is an almond tree in the field next door to us… I have told you about this tree in another article in my blog..on re-reading the article I realised…
No-Recipe Savory Tart
Here’s a savoury tart to use up all your dairy products in the time known before lent as “shrovetide” (pre-lenten period)…but in today’s tart I won’t give you a specific…
Lemongrass Panna cotta Tart
Do you know Julie Jones? She is a food blogger from the UK. I got to know her from Instagram where she has a really successful account of her own.…
Blood Orange Tart
You cannot really call last January and February easy months, well not for me, anyway. Many hours spent in the hospital, stress, sadness and very little sleep. Not in a…
My Earl Grey Tea with Bergamot and Verbena
Let’s look at a few things about tea.. Not the “Mountain” tea as we call it here in Greece but the tea which comes from China, India and generally from…