Athens, is surrounded by mountains and in the East of Athens is Mount Hymettus, Υμηττός (sometimes written as Hymettos, Ymitos, Imitos, etc., but I will stick to the right transliteration of the word).
Hymettus is just a few kilometres from my house and as you can see in the picture this is how [...]
Continue reading about Mount Hymettus, a paradise so close to Athens.
The white giant beans called «gigantes or elephantes» have been cultivated in Northern Greece (Kastoria, Florina, and Drama etc.,) for centuries and are recognized by the European Union as products of Protected Geographic Indication (PGI). These black giant beans are a new Greek variety and are not widely known in Greek cooking [...]
Continue reading about Gigantes me spanaki kai Makaronaki (Black giant beans with spinach and pasta)
As there is not much to say about revithosoupa, which is a simple dish, before I tell you how I make it, let’s talk a little about the word «Opaaa!!». I am taking this opportunity because the song which has been voted for the Eurovision song contest is called «OPA». It’s an ethnic song [...]
Continue reading about Opaaaa!! Revithosoupa (Greek Chickpea soup)
I feel embarrassed that I have never posted this dish before. Although this is a staple dish in all Greek households and I cook it very often, I have somehow forgotten to post about it.
Fasolia (phaseolus lunatus) gigantes, meaning «giant» are similar to elephant beans, lima beans or butter beans, but if you can find [...]
Continue reading about Fasolia Gigantes Plaki sto Fourno – Kopiaste to AWED GREEK
If you can get fresh anchovies, called gavros in Greek, forget those canned, salty ones and you must definitely try this dish.
Gavros is one of my favourite small fishes because it is not only cheap but it also tastes good and of course a good source of heart-healthy Omega 3 fatty oil acids [...]
Most of us have a hard time deciding what to cook for the holidays.
Here are a few ideas and hope this will help a few of you.
Psaronefri with prune sauce
Stuffed Turkey Roulade
Stuffed Turkey (Cypriot recipe)
Cottage pie with your leftovers
Roasted lamb or goat
Beef in Dark Beer and Pumpkin Sweet and Sour Sauce
Pork Loin Stuffed and [...]
This month’s Tried & Tested is featuring Kevin of Closet Cooking. This event was an original idea by Zlamushka of Spicy Kitchen. Each month a blogger is featured and we have to choose one of his/her recipes and recreate it and blog about it. This month’s host, is Hema of Salt [...]
Kaltsounia or Kalitsounia, is probably the most known Cretan recipe. Remember my post on Calzone where I mentioned the connection of the two names?
Kaltsounia can be either with a sweet or savory filling and the pastry shell differs in each case. Savory Kaltsounia use a pastry phyllo in which they add raki and for filling [...]
Continue reading about Limoncello Kaltsounia or Lychnarakia, another twist
The past few years of blogging I’ve read a lot of posts where bloggers talk about their love for Greek yoghurt. However, Greek yoghurt is not availble everywhere around the world and I remember one recent post I read, where the daughter/mother living near the Canadian-American borders, respectively and the daughter would ask her mother [...]
