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.

Our visit to Geneva, Switerland in 2008.

Lahanosalata, is a festive, creamy Coleslaw salad, made with cabbage, celery, onion, pomegranate, nuts and raisins and dressed with a delicious mayonnaise salad dressing.

Conversion of weights and measures can some times be tricky and a real pain sometimes when converting American or Australian recipes to European (and vice versa), especially since not many realize their cup and tablespoon measurements are different.

Authentic Greek cheese saganaki, pan-fried to a golden crust and finished with lemon. An easy traditional Greek appetiser made with kefalotyri or graviera.

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.

Traditional Greek tsakistes olives are cracked green olives cured in brine and flavoured with lemon, garlic, and herbs. Learn their history and how to make them at home.

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).