Each year I have been making the same Christmas Cake year after year after year and I still love it and will be making it again some time in the future.
However, I still want to experiment with new things and this year I am making a Christmas Cake based on the older recipe but I [...]
I suppose most of you will be surprised seeing eggplants served as a sweet. I know that my Greek friends have eaten or heard of melitzanaki glyko. I had to share with you a twist I made to this traditional recipe, in which I added grenadine, not only for the lovely taste, but also to [...]
Continue reading about Glyko Melitzanaki me Grenadini (Eggplant with Grenadine Spoon Sweet)
As much as I love cooking, there are a few days that I want to cook something quick and easy and what is easier than a pasta dish?
This week the temperature was around 40 degrees C in Athens, so every morning my husband and I leave early in the morning and go [...]
Continue reading about Lake Vouliagmeni and Farfalle with aubergine, peppers and purslane pesto
Papoutsakia means little shoes and probably they are named after their shape. To me they resemble like the balarina shoes my daughter used to wear when she went to ballet when she was younger.
Most of the Papoutsakia recipes I have read want the eggplants to rest in salty water for an hour so that [...]
