In Cyprus it is traditional to offer these treats after the wedding, instead of bombonieres (favours), which are offered in Greece. After the church ceremony the couple and the parents of the bride and groom line up for congratulations and one of these wedding cakes are offered to the guests, neatly folded in cellophane [...]
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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 [...]
Gyristarkes, from the Greek verb γυρίζω = turn, now commonly known as glystarkes or glistarkes, is a kind of grid-like crusty, sesame rusks. The bread sticks are dipped into sesame seeds and then they are shaped beginning with a cross (as it had a religious meaning as well) and then other bread sticks are added [...]
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Summer Escapes Part II
Taygetus Mountain: Sparti - Megalopolis
This is a local recipe from Lakonia and is a very rustic, traditional village recipe with rooster but it can also be made with chicken. Kokoras Bardouniotikos means Rooster from Vordonia area. Before giving the recipe I would like to tell you a few things [...]
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Kifylla is another Cypriot street food which is not widely known. It’s a sweet bread, filled with raisins and glazed with sugar on top and it used to be sold in the central streets, in wheeled carts. It’s a very healthy snack and perfect for breakfast.
You can either use butter or margarine but as [...]
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Memorial. (Gr. Μνημόσυνο Mnymosyno - mnee moh see no). A special service held in the Orthodox Church for the repose of the souls of the dead. Memorial services are held on the third, ninth and fortieth day; after six months, and after one or three years after death, then annually. Boiled wheat is used as [...]
I love making spoon sweets and every time I write about one I end up saying that it is my favourite. Each one has a different taste and when raw even if it is bitter like the walnuts or citrus or tasteless like water melon rind, when it is done it is transformed into something [...]
Kokkino in Greece means red and kokkinisto is the way the food is cooked in a tomato sauce and becomes reddened. This is a traditional dish and can be made with lamb, chicken, rooster or game. Red or white wine may be added and spices vary depending on what you prefer but mostly cinnamon, cloves [...]
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Vassilopita is our traditional New Year’s cake or Sweet Tsoureki Bread. This cake can easily be called an orange cake and it is similar to a pound cake. In fact this year I have adapted a pound cake from [...]
Samousades is the Spartan version of baklavas and is made in a similar way we make “daktyla” in Cyprus, the only difference is that they are rolled into a thicker roll .
Samousades is traditionally made with hand made phyllo and it is filled with nuts, almonds or walnuts, sesame seeds and spices. It [...]
