Pesto originated in Genoa Italy, many, many years ago. The definition of the word Pesto means any sauce that is made with the grinding motion of a “Mortar and Pestle”. Real authentic Pesto is made with Fresh Basil and is called “Pesto alla Genovese”. There is also a wide variety of other Pesto flavors available...
Being a working mother and wife is, sometimes, a real challenging job. Having to work all day and then come home to a hungry teenager and a husband who comes also late at night makes the dinner choice quite a feat. Most of the times, I am really tired and all I want is a...
Greens especially during summer play a very important role to Greek diet. There are several varieties and their taste vary from bitter to sweet. Usually, we wash them thoroughly and boil them enough to soften and we consume them as a salad with olive oil and vinegar. Sometimes we eat them as a side dish...
Metsovo is a mountainous town in the mainland Greece on its western side and cleaves to the great mountain of Pindos at 1.160 m height. It is a beautiful picturesque town that has kept its old houses and buildings. This town has given birth to some great benefactors of the newly born Greek State after...
Η συνταγή και στα ελληνικά στο τέλος της ανάρτησης! Tsoureki, panarët (Arbërisht), choreg or “chorek” in Armenian, çörək in Azerbaijani, kozunak in Bulgarian, cozonac in Romanian or çörek in Turkish, is a sweet, egg-enriched bread, rooted in the cuisines of Western and Central Asia. It is formed of braided strands of dough. Such rich brioche-like...
Η συνταγή και στα ελληνικά στο τέλος της ανάρτησης! Once upon a time, there was a small, poor child. It was Christmas time and more particularly Epiphany. As he was sitting with his grandmother he asked her: “Grandma, is it true that skies open tonight and anyone can ask anything from God?” Grandma replied: “Yes...
Η συνταγή και στα ελληνικά στο τέλος της ανάρτησης. Pistacia lentiscus or mastic tree is, according to Wikipedia, a dioeciously evergreen shrub or small tree of the pistacio genus growing up to 4 m tall which is cultivated for its aromatic resin, mainly on the Greek island of Chios. Mastic trees are the Chios’ trademark...
Η συνταγή και στα ελληνικά στο τέλος της ανάρτησης! Around 4,000 BC a nation called Canaanites, from their city of origin Canaan, inhabited the coastal areas and forested mountains of East Mediterranean coast, exactly where Lebanon is found today. During ancient ages Canaanites showed a very intensive trade activity throughout the Mediterranean Sea. Back at...
Η συνταγή και στα ελληνικά στο τέλος της ανάρτησης! One of the twelve labors of Hercules, the tenth to be more presice, was the abduction of the Geryon’s Veals and their transfer to Eurystheus in Mycenae. Geryon was a monster with two feet but with three bodies, three heads and six hands and he was...
Η συνταγή και στα ελληνικά στο τέλος της ανάρτησης! As a child, I was a very bad eater. I was so thin my mom was always afraid of my health. With this in mind, I will tell you a very funny incident that happened to me many years ago. I was about four years old...
