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.

Good Morning to all of you out there. Happy Christmas and hope you all have a great day today. My best wishes go to you and your families. May your world be filled with warmth and good cheer, this holy season and throughout the New Year. Happy Holidays! Santa Clause is here today …

There always seems to be a new trend in baking and after the frenzy of cupcakes a couple of years ago, where everybody was making cupcakes and then last year with macaroons, this year I have read that whoopie pies will be the new trend, so I am sure we will be seeing A LoT …

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 …

This Carob Syrup and Spiced Ginger Chocolate Cake is made with one of my favourite Cypriot ingredients called “teratsomelo” and this is the syrup extracted from carobs.

Kifylla is a sweet bread, filled with raisins and glazed with sugar on top and it used to be sold in Cyprus in the central streets, in wheeled carts.

I’ve been really busy the past days since the book has been published as there are so many things to do for the promotion of the book, answering e-mails, trying to catch up with your posts, baking and cooking. I have found out today when I got my first sales report, that the book has …

The first dusting of snow arrived this morning and it’s windy and cold outside. The temperature suddenly dropped from 22 degrees C yesterday to 4 degrees C today. I hope that this will not last for long as I don’t like cold weather. Yesterday we went to Nafplion. You can see a video I took …

The proof finally arrived today, just before 2 p.m. and I bet everyone in the neighbourhood heard me yelling from excitement and joy. I wanted to kiss the courier and literally ripped open the package and quickly went through it to see that everything was in order. There was a lot of emotion, hugging and …

This event was about to take place a couple of weeks ago and while I was preparing a post, I got an e-mail from my publishers that there would be a small delay due to a technical problem. I am not going to get into how I felt and my frustration at the time, as …

Waffles are a universally loved breakfast treat, but have you ever thought of infusing them with the vibrant, aromatic flavours of Greece?