Ivy on December 13th, 2009

I don’t cook soup often, maybe three of four times during the whole winter and on such occasions we prefer soups like avgolemono, giouvarlakia,  kreatosoupa (meat soup with beef and vegetables) or psarosoupa same as kreatosoupa but made with fish and my favourite which is trahanas.
The weather was very mild this year and until [...]

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Ivy on August 23rd, 2008

The best time to make palouzes is late August or during September but as I wanted to share this with you in time, last Tuesday when I went to the farmers’ market, the grapes were at a reasonable price so I bought some sultana grapes to make this dessert. However, any type of white grapes [...]

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Ivy on April 6th, 2008

I was planning to try and make halloumi which is the traditional cheese of Cyprus but my only problem was where to get some sheep and goat milk in Athens.  When Val asked me to co-operate and make halloumi I took the opportunity to try what I already wanted to make for a long time [...]

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Ivy on January 28th, 2008

Cypriot pitta bread are much different to the Greek pitas. They are flat breads like the other pita but are different in shape and in taste. I’ve been in Greece for 27 years and have never found any, at least where I live. (After a year, writing this post, you can find Cypriot pitas [...]

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Ivy on November 13th, 2007

Fried Halloumi
Halloumi is the most popular cheese in Cyprus and it has been registered as a protected Cypriot product. You can eat it as it is or fried, grilled or barbecued.

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