RECIPES-EN
My recipes...here, compared to other cooking websites you won't find very detailed methodology but these recipes do require a little thoughtfulness and common sense to be made. They are as simple as possible but they will not mention how to beat an egg to make meringues, or how long it takes to roast a chicken in the oven. All ovens are different, as are chickens..little more or less doesn't matter....Enjoy!
He loves me-He loves me not Cake
The daisies of the park.. So many memories. There is a place in the park where we live where the daisies go crazy every year. I remember being very little…
Greek Orange Cake (portokalopita)
We have an iconic Greek dessert called Portokalopita. It is made with dried and crushed phyllo dough that you mix with a mixture of eggs, orange juice, yogurt and then…
Strawberry and Lilac jam
We have a lilac in the garden. We have had it for many years (over 50) and I cannot say that it is doing all that well. Either it is…
Syrup from Poppy Petals
Let's set some things straight. Those field poppies are not the ones that opium comes from. Not even those from where the little seeds come from that we use in…
Red Easter Cookies
Did not really feel like making Easter cookies this year. With all that is going on around the world it really starts to affect me. And not so much the…
Greek Pasteli
I had bought a packet of black sesame seeds from the super market. I love sesame.. I am the type who will pick each little seed with my fingers and…
Chocolate and Pumpkin Brownies
I really love brownies. Their wonderful texture, that they are always moist (unless we overcook them) and their incredible chocolaty taste. The truth is that as I grow older I…
Fluffy Strawberry and Vanilla cake
During this recent period of lockdown I have been trying to clear out my kitchen cupboards, my fridge and my freezer…in order to use up whatever exists within therefore avoiding…
Potato and Egg Salad with Apaki
There is a shop I really love in Athens. It is called "Παντοπωλείο της Μεσογειακής διατροφής". There is no other place in the city that showcases a plethora of Greek…
Tart with Blue Grape Hyacinths
The Muscari commutatum or Blue Grape Hyacinth, is one of my favourite spring flowers. Here where we live it grows everywhere at this time of year..From the end of January…
Filo Pastry Cigars with Asparagus, Sesame and Parmesan
I love asparagus..I simply love it sooo much! One of the tastiest vegetables of spring and I can honestly eat quite a lot at once. Especially with risotto OMG…Just as…
Almond and Coconut Truffles
My friend Aphrodite called me on the telephone . I hadn’t heard from her in ages. We were at University together and even though we don’t see each other very…
Lemon Confit
The confit lemon is an ingredient that can make a huge difference in your cooking. Very well known especially in the North Africa and mostly in Morocco where they use…
Almond Cake
There is an almond tree in the field next door to us… I have told you about this tree in another article in my blog..on re-reading the article I realised…
No-Recipe Savory Tart
Here’s a savoury tart to use up all your dairy products in the time known before lent as “shrovetide” (pre-lenten period)…but in today’s tart I won’t give you a specific…
Lemongrass Panna cotta Tart
Do you know Julie Jones? She is a food blogger from the UK. I got to know her from Instagram where she has a really successful account of her own.…
Blood Orange Tart
You cannot really call last January and February easy months, well not for me, anyway. Many hours spent in the hospital, stress, sadness and very little sleep. Not in a…
My Earl Grey Tea with Bergamot and Verbena
Let’s look at a few things about tea.. Not the “Mountain” tea as we call it here in Greece but the tea which comes from China, India and generally from…
Blood orange and Verbena sorbet
I love blood oranges..It’s a winter fruit that has such a warm colour that it seems to bring the summer back..and as they appear in the markets after Christmas and…
Fake Ice Cream for Food Photography
You may be aware that I teach at a private IEK college, IEK Praxis, where I hold seminars on food styling and food photography. One of the things that the…
Bergamot and Olive Oil Cake
I love cakes.. and adore Bergamots.. When I found the first Bergamots in the market I immediately bought a few to start building wonderful recipes with them.. They are of…
Brown Butter Ginger cookies
Hey Yanni, why don't you make some cookies for us so that we will stop buying them from the supermarket? Why? Don't you like the store bought ones anymore? I…
Roasted Munchkin Pumpkins stuffed with Cous Cous topped with Roasted Quail
In all the years I have been cooking there have been some sites that I really love and always go back to, to see whatever there is new to discover.…
Chickpea soup
Winter and soups go hand in hand and among them chickpea soup is my favourite of all the soups that we make with legumes in Greece.So a simple bowl of…
Winter Tray Bake with Handmade Greek Sausages from Trikala
There are some meals that have no recipe….. It starts with hunger and opening the fridge to see what’s there that you can throw together. That’s what happened last night…
Slimming Cheese Pie with Turkey
A discussion at the TV station: “Yannis what shall we make next week?” “No idea! What would you like?” “Something low calorie, light and tasty…” “OK! After chocolate the tastiest…
Candied Buddha's Hand
Maybe you remember last week when I posted a blog post about the strange citrus fruit that we have in our garden. In that post I talked to you about…
Sweet pumpkin pie
A most beautiful recipe for pumpkin tart... One of the recipes I tried and will present to you using the Pumpkins I bought from Irene Korkou. I will talk to…
Vasilopita with Pine Sugar and Velvety Swiss Buttercream
One of the first recipes I had uploaded onto this site was aromatic sugar from a fir tree. It could have been the first actually… I really love aromatic sugars…
Melomakarona (Traditional Christmas Greek cookies)
Unfortunately i have not been able to find my mother's recipe for this wonderful Greek traditional cookie that we make for the Christmas period. So, i made one and it…