I love making vegetables into pestos but I don't make the usual Ligurian or Genovese pesto with pinenuts and parmesan. I don't have anything against parmesan but I love Greek ...
Dip
Mpiftekia (Greek Burgers) with Baked Potatoes, Horta and Garlicky Cucumber Salad
Mpiftekia are the Greek burgers and although the word mpif (tekia) is derived from the word beef (steak), the French then called it bifteque and we translated it into ...
Stuffed Cucumbers with Fetatziki Sauce
Fetatziki sauce is a creation of mine which I made several years ago. The original recipe was created when I wanted to make tzatziki and discovered that I had no yoghurt. You ...
Guacamole
My first encounter with Avocado was some years ago, before creating a blog and at a time when the internet connections were slow and we paid by the hour when connected, so ...
Lakonia and Pasta Elias (Olive paste)
Laconia is a prefecture in Greece, with Sparta its administrative capital. It is bounded by Mount Taygetus, to the west of Sparta, which is the highest mountain range of ...
Tashi (tahini) Dip
Tahini or tashi as it is called in Cyprus, is a paste made from ground sesame seeds. It is usually very thick and if left a long time you will see that oil is gathered on top. ...
Tyrokafteri (Greek Hot Cheese Dip)
Tyrokafteri, pronounced tee-rho-ka-fte-RHEE, from the Greek words “tyros” = cheese + “kaftero” = hot, in some places also called “ktypiti” or “kopanisti”, is a dip or a ...
Hoummous Dip
This Middle Eastern Dip known as hummus or hoummous, has passed to the Cypriot cuisine as hoummoi. It is made of chickpeas, tahini, garlic, lemon and olive oil and is one of ...
Purslane Salad (glystrida), Purslane Tzatziki and Carrot Tzatziki
Portulaca oleracea (purslane) in Greek (γλιστρίδα) is the type genus of the purslane family Portulacaceae, comprising about 40-100 species (probably much fewer ...
Bakaliaros (Battered-Fried Salted Cod)
Bakaliaros (cod), in Greek "μπακαλιάρος", is the traditional food we eat in Greece on the 25th of March, which is made with salted cod, fried in a beer batter. This is ...
