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.

Thank you all my friends for submitting such a beautiful array of Sweet Pies. I am sorry I did not publish the round-up yesterday, as promised but I had some problems with the site, which fortunately I think I have solved. Pies are the perfect dessert and some of them are really quick and easy. …

Rosie and Maria of Sweet and Simple Bakes are hosting an Event for Halloween. BOOOOO!!! Happy Halloween for all of you who are celebrating. Unfortunately here in Greece we do not celebrate Halloween and we know about it only from the films we see. I have never made anything spooktacular before so I really didn’t …

The Chocolate Cobweb Cake is a fun cake made to make for a birthday party or other celebration during Halloween.

Elies Tsakistes (pronounced Eliės Tsakistės) are crushed olives which are harvested when green. Green olives are usually sold ready to be eaten but if you produce olives and want to make them from scratch, there is a procedure to follow in order that the olives become edible. First of all you have to crack the olives and put them …

Kolokotes with figs is a twist I made of the traditional Cypriot recipe.

28th October is ‘OXI or Ochi’ day, pronounced O-hee, meaning NO. No, is what Greece’s prime minister, Ioannis Metaxas, replied on 28 October, 1940 to Mussolini’s ultimatum to allow Axis forces to enter Greece and occupy key locations in the country, 1940 – 1941).

This autumn fruit crumble is not just another usual crumble as it quite unusual. Apart from apples, which is one of the fruit for autumn recipes, I combined it with delicious quince and with pumpkin.

I have been planning to write this post a while ago, but with all of the craziness going on, I just never got to it. In the last several weeks, I’ve won a few Awards and it’s time to acknowledge receipt of them. Thank you all of you for thinking of me. PG, from My …

Mahalebi is a Cypriot pudding made with water or milk and corn flour. The traditional way of making mahalepi is with water. No sugar is added in the cream but when served, always chilled, rose water and sugar are added on top, or triantafyllo (rose cordial syrup), which is sweet and no extra sugar is added.

Fresh anthotyros is often called the Greek cream cheese because of its texture and taste, although it is more granular in texture than regular cream cheese. It is traditionally used as a table or dessert cheese and as an ingredient in stuffed pies (pitas). It goes well with fruits such as figs, pears, and apples. …