Royal icing or frosting is a type of dessert icing which dries to a hard, glossy finish. It will be solid white when dry, unless it is coloured. This simple icing can be used for cakes, cookies, cupcakes, and a range of other baked goods.

Today I will be posting three recipes to make a complete lunch. Marinated pork chops with Pommes Lyonnaises and Tambouli salad. Pork can be made more flavourful by marinating or seasoning before cooking. The main thing to remember when cooking pork chops is not to overcook when roasting, since overcooking will cause the meat to …

Artichokes are native to the Mediterranean and appear during spring. They are a variety of a species of thistle cultivated as a food.

Tambouli salad, also written as tabouli or tabbouleh, is a refreshing parsley salad, which is made with bulgur wheat tomatoes, onion, cucumber, fresh mint and dressed with extra virgin olive oil and lemon juice.

Melomakarona are olive oil cookies, bathed in honey syrup, with walnuts and cinnamon, which traditionally, are made during the holiday season of Christmas and New Year.

These Cypriot Kourabiedes are similar to the Greek ones but they are made with spry shortening, which makes them soft and fluffy.

Homemade Almond paste, which is similar to marzipan, is easy to make at home. It is used in pastries as a filling or as a frosting on cakes.

These traditional Cypriot cookies, called “koulourakia sigma” due to their “S” shape, are flavoured with blossom water.  

Ellinikos Kaffés, which means Greek coffee, is one of the healthiest in the world. Recent studies have shown that a cup of Greek coffee a day is very good for your healthy and for longevity!

Christopsomo,  which translates as “Christ’s Bread”- pron. Christopsomo also named kouloúra tou Christoú (round bread of Christ), is usually a round loaf often made with the same ingredients as Easter bread. Raisins, nuts, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg are just a few of the taste treats found in this traditional sweet loaf.