Teratsomelo
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 [...]
I saw this cake earlier this month at my friend Soma’s blog and it is a recipe she adapted from David Lebovitz’s Fresh Ginger Cake. At the time, I was still working on my cookbook and in between breaks, to rest and clear my mind, I would read a few posts or see what friends [...]
Continue reading about Carob Syrup and Spiced Ginger Chocolate Cake with Teratsomelo (Carob Syrup)
My husband started doing the shopping when he realized that when I was with him we ended up with a huge bill. He usually goes to our neighbourhood supermarket where we can get all we need but in order to get some unusual ingredients we have to go to one of the big chain supermarkets [...]
Kattimerka (in the Greece called katimeria), is a Cypriot traditional pastry dessert made with dough and were fried in a traditional frying pan called sadji, which unlike the Arab Saj, which is dome shaped, the Cypriot sadji resembles more like a wok. Epsima (in Cypriot dialect) and Petimezi (in Greek) is a molasses-like syrup made [...]
