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Tomorrow is Tyrini, the last day before the Easter fasting begins and also marks the end of carnival. On this day it is a tradition to eat anything with dairy products, especially cheese. In Cyprus the last day before fasting for Christmas (14th November) and Tyrini, before Easter is called «sikoses». Sikoses, from the [...]
During the Christmas period, I indulge into using more butter than I use throughout the whole year. But then what would Christmas be without making cookies and other desserts? After six months of diet I have learned to restrain myself and until today I have only tried a small piece from each to see [...]
These cookies were intended for a gingerbread house but one of the walls accidentally broke so I had to figure out a way to use them. Well, there was no need to cry over spilled milk and after all, lots of wonderful recipes were created due to an accident. The wafer cigars were intended for [...]
Soon after Easter I started watching my diet again but reading blogs all the day, there are some times I am really tempted to make some of the recipes I see. Being on diet doesn’t mean that you can’t eat a dessert once in a while or a snack. Instead of eating anything else in [...]
This time of the year I don’t feel like posting any other recipes than cookies or cakes so I’ve opened my file and found lots of recipes I made throughout the year and I think this would be the best time to post them. I am starting with one recipe which I made last Christmas [...]
I wanted to make something sweet but as this was not planned I opened my kitchen closets and looked for ingredients to see what I could make. I did not have eggs, I did not have enough regular sugar, I did not have vanilla, I looked into the drawers where my spices are looking for [...]
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Whenever I visit Bobbie, of Blog Chef, I really love all his recipes and have made a few of them which were fantastic. Recently I discovered that apart from his savory recipes, Bobby makes the most amazing desserts as well. He recently made some macaroons. These cookies should not be confused with the French [...]
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This weekend I had a visitor from Crete. Remember telling you about our friends in Crete sending us all that xynomyzithra cheese? There daughter is in the same University as my son and they are preparing their thesis together. They usually do most of the work online but sometimes they have to meet and review [...]
These are the traditional cookies we make in Cyprus and call them «koulourouthkia» and sometimes koulourouthkia sigma. The letter sigma is the only letter in the Greek alphabet which has three forms: capital, small and ending «S» (Σ σ ς), so they are shaped like an end s. In Cyprus we make these cookies with [...]
Continue reading about Koulourouthkia me Anthonero (Blossom Water Cookies)
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