WINTER
Hearty recipes for our bodies and souls
Blood orange and Verbena sorbet
I love blood oranges..It’s a winter fruit that has such a warm colour that it seems to bring the summer back..and as they appear in the markets after Christmas and…
Fake Ice Cream for Food Photography
You may be aware that I teach at a private IEK college, IEK Praxis, where I hold seminars on food styling and food photography. One of the things that the…
Bergamot and Olive Oil Cake
I love cakes.. and adore Bergamots.. When I found the first Bergamots in the market I immediately bought a few to start building wonderful recipes with them.. They are of…
Brown Butter Ginger cookies
Hey Yanni, why don't you make some cookies for us so that we will stop buying them from the supermarket? Why? Don't you like the store bought ones anymore? I…
Roasted Munchkin Pumpkins stuffed with Cous Cous topped with Roasted Quail
In all the years I have been cooking there have been some sites that I really love and always go back to, to see whatever there is new to discover.…
Chickpea soup
Winter and soups go hand in hand and among them chickpea soup is my favourite of all the soups that we make with legumes in Greece.So a simple bowl of…
Winter Tray Bake with Handmade Greek Sausages from Trikala
There are some meals that have no recipe….. It starts with hunger and opening the fridge to see what’s there that you can throw together. That’s what happened last night…
Slimming Cheese Pie with Turkey
A discussion at the TV station: “Yannis what shall we make next week?” “No idea! What would you like?” “Something low calorie, light and tasty…” “OK! After chocolate the tastiest…
Candied Buddha's Hand
Maybe you remember last week when I posted a blog post about the strange citrus fruit that we have in our garden. In that post I talked to you about…
Sweet pumpkin pie
A most beautiful recipe for pumpkin tart... One of the recipes I tried and will present to you using the Pumpkins I bought from Irene Korkou. I will talk to…
Vasilopita with Pine Sugar and Velvety Swiss Buttercream
One of the first recipes I had uploaded onto this site was aromatic sugar from a fir tree. It could have been the first actually… I really love aromatic sugars…
Melomakarona (Traditional Christmas Greek cookies)
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…