I was going through some of my older posts and came across these éclairs I made a long time ago and I thought that these would be a perfect Valentine’s Day dessert.
I was really afraid to make éclairs as I used to think that they would be very complicated to make but they are really [...]
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The other night when I was making the Almond Paste for the Christmas cake, I had two egg yolks which I wanted to use. I decided that the best way to use them was to make a custard cream. However, I still wanted to make a lovely Espresso Coconut Roulade I saw a few days [...]
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I have waited eagerly the past few months for the film Julie and Julia to come out in the theatres in Greece and finally it came out on Thursday, so I couldn’t wait any longer and we went on Saturday evening to see the film. I am sure that by now you have all [...]
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Summer Escapes - Part III - Issioma, Karyon, Megalopolis
Continuing our summer escapes we decided to visit my husband’s village, Isioma, Karyon, in Arcadia taking the beautiful mountain route from Sparta. My SIL who lives in Australia was here on holidays so she wanted to see their village after so many years.
The village is called Issioma, [...]
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When my son visited us early May, just a few days before he came, it was his birthday, so we surprised him with a birthday cake.
The sponge cake is the one I have been baking for years and your can see step by step instructions how to make the sponge here.
I made a strawberry sauce [...]
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I rarely use my Microwave oven and when I do it is usually to melt butter and some times chocolate. However, Rachel, of Tangerine’s Kitchen, is hosting the event Microwave Easy Cooking, originated by Srivali, of Cooking 4 all Seasons, so in order to participate I google searched and found this recipe. It [...]
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Fasting for Easter was not something we were looking forward to when we were young maybe because the older generation used to cook the same Lenten dishes, over and over again, mostly dried legumes and seasonal vegetables. Now you can find all sorts of fresh or frozen vegetables year round and you have cookbooks, food [...]
Amygdala is the name of almonds in Greek and this dessert is called Amygdalota “all almonds”. There are a few versions either baked or not. These desserts are traditionally made in the Cyclades islands, shaped liked small pears with a clove inserted on the top and showered with confectioners’ sugar. I made a [...]
Oranges and Lemons Poem
Oranges and lemons
Say the bells of St Clement’s
You owe me five farthings
Say the bells of St Martin’s
When will you pay me?
Say the bells of Old Bailey
When I grow rich
Say the bells of Shoreditch
When will that be?
Say the bells of Stepney
I’m sure I don’t know
Says the great bell at Bow
Here comes a candle [...]
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I have been told by some friends again that I am still having problems with my site, as I also had with the previous post. Although viewing it with Firefox I have no problem, I tried viewing my site with Internet Explorer and my post is mixed up with previous posts and code. When I [...]
