In Greece walnut pie is a traditional sweet. It is more of a cake than a pie, but we call it pie. Anyway, it is very tasteful and we eat it a lot during winter. This one is a twisted version with chocolate. The recipe originally comes from my favorite greek pastry chef Stelios Parliaros...
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Molasses Cookies
I was looking at my closet the other time and I have noticed that I had a jar of molasses almost intact. So, I started my search through the internet, so as to find a recipe that would help me consume most of it. And I found it. It comes from another blogger Culinary Chase...
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Mushroom Pasta
I know it’s been quite few days, but I have good excuse. I was having a friend of mine from the States staying with us and I had to show her around. Fatimah is a friend of mine from the days back when I was in the States pursuing my Master’s degree. We lost...
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Tiramisu
I was talking to my Italian teacher the other day because she had her name day and it came to me the idea of making tiramisu. I really love italian cuisine. When I was younger and had Italian courses with Laura (my Italian teacher I mentioned earlier), I used to ask her about authentic recipes. She...
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Green and Red Salad
As I told you my friends sent me a few recipes with pomegranate. And as I promised, I will start posting as soon as I make them. This recipe was sent to me by a friend of mine, Efi. Efi is a lawyer and a friend of mine since high school. We used to...
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Pork Chops with Grapes and Balsamico
As fall has started to show us its teeth, I have a tendency of cooking juicy, saucy meals. The original recipe for this meal comes from a very famous Greek chef called Vagelis Driskas. I did some alterations so as to adapt it to my taste, but you can find the original recipe here. It...
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Potato Souffle
First of all I would like to thank everyone who has sent me a pomegranate recipe via e-mail. I will try to make as many as my bulk of pomegranates allows me. Today I am going to make potato suffle. It is an easy meal very yummy but a little bit time consuming. But...
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Very Chocolate Cake
Trying to prepare a snack and a meal for your child to take to school can become a real headache. The problem is that now that he is in high school he doesn’t want to sit down and eat properly as he used to do in elementary school. So, the dilemma is what should I give...
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E.T. Pasta Au Gratin
Do you remember Steven Spielberg’s movie “E.T.”? It was a romantic movie with a very funny little creature from another planet. I suppose that is how everybody would want life from outer space look like. Anyway, I remembered that movie because of the E.T. initials I gave to this dish. Of course, this is...
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Janet’s Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake
I know it has been a while since my last post, but I have a very good excuse for that: SUMMER!!! I am sure that you can understand that when summer comes here in Greece everything is different. You cannot possibly sit inside and write on a computer. All you need is your swimsuit...
