Ivy on September 29th, 2008

This month’s Sweet & Simple Bakes event , created by Rosie, of Rosie Bakes a ‘Peace” of Cake and Maria, of The Goddess’s Kitchen, called us to make a Vanilla Apple cake. The recipe was simple, straightforward, a few ingredients and this time I followed the recipe as much as I could.
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Ivy on September 12th, 2008

Revani or Ravani is one of the best Greek desserts. It is a cake made with flour or semolina and bathed in syrup. Revani has its roots in Asia Minor and as many of the Greek desserts the Turks now call them Turkish. Traditionally the cake does not have any cream and in some parts [...]

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Ivy on August 20th, 2008

When we went to Sparta I brought along a few things such as pasto and loukaniko, which I hope to be posting about soon, fresh eggs and honey.

My sisters-in-law who live in villages just a few miles away from Sparta, have houses with big gardens with lots of flowers and grow their own vegetables [...]

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Ivy on July 17th, 2008

If your luxury car needed high octane fuel, would you fill the tank with alternative cheaper fuel? I am sure the answer is no, even if fuel prices are rising day by day.

God created us and gave us a mouth where we should put high quality fuel in it so that we can [...]

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Ivy on May 19th, 2008

Hope everybody had a nice and relaxing week-end and have charged your batteries for another week’s blogging.

I found some time to write about the Lemon marmalade which I made last month when I made the Lemonade. As I said then, I wanted to make a spoon sweet with the peels just like the bergamot [...]

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