September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. I have participated at this event last year as well and I shall continue to support it because every woman must be aware of this silent killer.
Michelle of Bleeding Espresso and Sara of Ms Adventures in Italy are sponsoring an O Foods Contest. Please see below for the [...]
I think a Greek blog would be incomplete without introducing some of the Greek cheeses. I have written about some of these cheeses in the past but I thought that it would be a good idea to put them all in one post with some recipes. In the future I shall be updating this post [...]
Saganotyri
Saganaki is one of the best Greek mezedes. By now I am sure that you all, my friends, know what mezes (plural mezedes) is.
For other readers who are new to this blog, mezes is an appetizer served with wine, ouzo or tsikoudia.
There is a lot of false information given on the [...]
08.08.08 8hrs 8min p.m. (Athens time)
Olympic Games
ANTHEM OF THE GAMES (literal translation)
Ancient immortal Spirit, pure father
of beauty, of greatness and of truth,
descend, reveal yourself as lightning here
within the glory of your own earth and sky.
At running and wrestling and at throwing
illuminate in the noble Games’ momentum,
and crown with the unfading branch
and [...]
A few days ago my son came back from Crete and some friends from Crete, Sophia and her family, from Sebronas, Chania, were kind enough to send me a lot of graviera cheese and fresh anthotyro cheese . So I had to think of something to do because it was a lot to store. I [...]
Continue reading about Ravioles or Raviolia (Cheese Ravioli, as made in Cyprus)
Graviera is one of the most popular cheeses in Greece. It is a hard cheese wtih a light yellow color, and has a slightly sweet and nutty taste. The Cretan version (there is also a graviera made in Naxos) is made with sheep milk, or sheep milk with a small amount of goat milk.
There [...]
