Ivy Liacopoulou

Ivy Liacopoulou grew up in Limassol, Cyprus, a beautiful island in the eastern Mediterranean, where her passion for cooking began as a child, helping her mother in the kitchen. Ivy belongs to a new generation of home cooks who loves to experiment and create new recipes of her own. She is the author of two cookbooks and she owns and manages Cooking Classes, in Nafplio, Peloponnese.

Thrapsala (Illex coindetti or shortfin squid) are of the same family as calamari but much more cheaper, at least here in Greece, but equally delicious.

Tahinopsomo is a beautiful star shaped bread filled with tahini and honey based on the Cypriot recipe for Tahinopita. However, this is much easier to make by just following the simple technique I used. We can bake it in round baking tin in order to make it look more like bread but if it is …

This Stewed Chickpeas with Spinach dish is one of my favourite dish as it is delicious, healthy and a great source of nutrients.

An amazing marshmallows cake flavoured with bergamot and decorated with marshmallows. No one can resist the aroma of bergamot and the fluffy marshmallows!

Chicken soup avgolemono was one of the soups my mother would make for us whenever we had a cold and it always did its trick.

This recipe I made is not the classic Avgolemono Soup as I have enriched it with more vitamins and nutrients by adding some carrots, celery, a potato and an onion.

Have you ever wondered why chicken soup is good for you when you have a cold?

Crispy Feta is a very easy and quick Greek appetizer (mezes) which is fried . It is then drizzled with honey and served with ouzo, tsipouro or wine.

Try new ways of cooking pork chops by marinating them. You will see how tender and delicious they will become.

These Coconut and Olive Oil Bergamot Revani cakes are moist, light as sponge, fluffy and the bergamot adds such an amazing aroma!

These mini pizza bread rolls are made with pizza dough and are filled with leftover bolognaise sauce and feta. They can also be made into sweet rolls.

One of my favourite marmalades is the one with mixed citrus. You can make the marmalade using any combination of citrus fruit and if you like you can change the ratio of each fruit depending on dominating flavour you would like to taste.